FOLC Central
Newsletter #50
December 24, 1998
In This Newsletter...
What's New?
The Diva Factor
A L&C
Christmas
Maggie's Mouthful
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What's New?
Perhaps those of you with AOL have noticed that this
newsletter looks suspiciously...red! Well, it is the Christmas season, and
children everywhere think a guy in a red suit (and we don't mean Superman,
although--that would be really, really, cool) comes down their chimney and
brings them lots of goodies. He'll bring them chocolate from Switzerland, and
cheese from France...and if they're really good, he'll bring them snow from the
Andes.
I guess I must have been really good this year. GG
(FoLCzRUs@aol.com), Jenn (Jenna1129@aol.com) and I (me) got our presents
early...big mounds of fresh snow. Now, maybe Superman brought it, but I doubt
it. Some naughty children, who will definitely be getting lumps of coal in their
stockings this year, woke me up at 9am on a HOLIDAY (Christmas Eve is a holiday,
you know) with their gleeful screaming and frolicking in the snow. Since I was
awake, I decided to watch L&C...watching L&C puts me in a good mood, no
matter what state I'm in. Maybe it's got something to do with that whole power
of positive thinking stuff, but it doesn't matter how depressed I am...all I
have to do is think about my fave show and I get a big grin on my
face.
So, go ahead! Treat yourself to the best possible present you could
give yourself this year--watching Dean Cain. Mmmmm :) Merry Christmas to me! And
to you, too, of course, unless you celebrate Hanukkah, like Willow from Buffy
and Adam Sandler, in which chase, Happy Hanukkah to you and yours. :)
Oh,
by the waayyyy....
Dean's episode of "Fantasy Island" is scheduled to air
on January 9th. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime episode of a
soon-to-be-off-the-air-for-good show that guest-stars our favorite Clark
Kent/Superman, Dean Cain!
Thanks to EVERYONE who sent in their
nominations for FOLC Faves! It is now too late to send in more nominations,
because I'm working on getting a ballot ready so you can vote and win cool
prizes! I'm counting on you FOLCs to spread the word about voting when it's time
to do that...I want as many FOLCs as possible to be involved in voting for their
favorite fanfics, authors, web sites, and more! Thanks:)
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The Diva Factor
by Karen (LadyFOLC@aol.com)
Dear Santa,
Well Santa, another year has come and nearly gone. It's your special time
of year again, when you become very popular. But I wonder - where are all these
"friends" during the rest of the year? Does it ever make you sad that no one
writes to you during the summer? Well don't worry Santa, this year you're
getting an invite to my July birthday party.
But for now, let's get down
to the business at hand. I have two seperate gift agendas - to benefit others,
and to benefit me. (I've never been accused of beating around the bush.) Here it
is:
For others:
1. Please give Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain a job where
their fans can see them on a regular basis. Guest spots and hosting gigs just
aren't quite enough for them or us.
2. A popularity surge for "Buffy the
Vampire Slayer". The name is misleading, it's actually the most intelligent show
on television. It deserves much better ratings, as well as Emmy and Golden Globe
nominations for the show and its wonderful cast and crew.
3. Some new
clothes for my mom. She wants Ann Taylor, but keeps going to Laura
Ashley.
For me:
1. I've discussed in an earlier letter about my love
life situation. :::gives knowing glance:::: It may have been an odd request, but
I promise you it's for the best. You know what I mean.
2. Few CDs I'd
really like - The MisEducation of Lauryn Hill, Celebrity Skin by Hole, Maybe
You've Been Brainwashed Too by New Radicals, Hello Nasty by Beastie Boys. I
never get around to buying CDs for myself.
3. New clothes and shoes. My
usual request :o)
4. Good luck with DECA this year. It's my sixth and
last year, I'll be concentrating on making it a memorable one - and in a good
way, not like the time I yakked and fainted at a National Competition. That was
not funny, Santa.
5. As much as I hate all of the drama in my life that
happens to me, it makes excellent inspiration for columns. So keep it coming,
but please don't let it kill me.
That's it Santa. As usual, under my
Christmas tree you will find leopard print cookies for mass consumption and
enjoyment. Have a wonderful Christmas. By the way, can I ask you what the appeal
of those Furbies are? If I saw one of those moving around in my room in the
middle of the night, I'd scream and try to beat it to death with a broom. Does
seeing them all in your workshop give you a complex?
Sincerely,
Karen
V
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A Lois & Clark
Christmas
As you know, there were four
Christmas-related episodes of Lois & Clark.
1st
Season..."Witness"--not really a Christmas episode, unless you count some stray
red and green decorations.
2nd Season..."Season's Greedings"--this
episode was written by Dean Cain. A really cute episode, where Clark comes over
to Lois's apartment, gives her a gift, she makes turkey, they listen to
carolers, and they look so cute together!
3rd Season..."Home Is Where The
Hurt Is"--Lois's parents (and a cyborg named Baby Gunderson) show up
unexpectedly for Christmas. Meanwhile, Mindy Church is responsible for a virus
that nearly kills Superman/Clark.
4th Season..."Twas The Night Before
Mxymas"--A creepy elf guy (played by Howie Mandell) makes Christmas repeat
itself over and over. Each time it repeats, the citizens of Metropolis lose more
and more hope, and Christmas tree sizes start to dwindle.
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From Maggie
(Maggie13@bellsouth.net)
Well, I can't say I have a Lois and Clark
Christmas memory other than
watching the Christmas episodes and savoring the
Christmas
feeling, regardless of the time of year. This Christmas
however,
has been, without a doubt, my most Super, ever.
First, I put a picture of
Superman pulling Lois and Perry and Jimmy in a
Christmas Sleigh as my
Screensaver at work. Then I found the Superman
Ornament at my local Hallmark
store. You *know* that was the very first
ornament I put on my tree.
Then I finally got to go to the local Warner Brothers store. Let me
tell
you something. There is more merchandise with Tweety on it than I
could
ever have imagined possible. There are tweety necklaces and bracelets
and
underwear and pens and keychains, and notebooks, and slippers, and
watches.
You name it, Warner Brothers can stick a tweety on it and sell it
for
$14.95.
However, I forgave Warner for the Tweety overdose when I
found my S-shield
Chain, T-shirt, and this thing I didn't buy because I
couldn't figure out
if it was a wallet, a cellular phone holder or just a
sunglass case. It
was lovely, black vinyl with the S sewn in, but since I
couldn't figure out
what to use it for, I purchased a lovely pair of S-Shield
luggage tags
instead.
Yes. They make luggage tags with our beloved S
on them. They make quite a
few other things too, just not as many as they
make for Tweety. The kind
store clerk informed me that a more fitted T-shirt
for women with the S
Shield on it will be coming out soon, so those were good
tidings of great
joy, of the Super kind.
And finally I must
mention that although nothing can compare to the gift of
friendship, and the
wonderful folcs I've met online this year, there are
two presents which I
know only a folc could appreciate fully.
First, my friend Cristin *made*
me a Super Ornament for my Christmas tree
with an S on the back and my name
on the front which I consider to be
priceless. And second, a friend of mine
in a far away land who knows of my
L&C obsession, sent me an S Shield
Mouse pad for my computer. I never even
knew such a thing existed.
Its incredible how a thoughtful gift can mean so much. So this
Christmas, I
invite you to take a moment to reflect on the true meaning of
the Holiday
Season. There is no greater gift than the gift of love and the
gifts we
exchange are simply symbols of the love we feel.
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From Molly
(LoveLC@aol.com)
My favorite L&C Christmas memory is from 1995. That
was the year "Seasons' Greedings" re-ran on Christmas Eve (which was a Sunday
that year). Ever year, it's like a tradition, we go to my aunt and uncle's house
on Christmas Eve. That year, we had just finished dinner when I realized it was
almost 8pm, so I excused myself from the table, snuck upstairs to their attic
where they have a TV with awful reception, and watched "Season's Greedings".
When I came back downstairs at 9pm, with a big, WAFFy smile on my face, it
turned out no one had missed me...and to tell you the truth, I hadn't missed
them, either! ;-) I love L&C!!!
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Maggie's Mouthful ---Santa's Helper
Edition
Hey Folcsters, consider this
little Mouthful more along the lines of
dessert, okay?
We won't be
quoting today. It just occurred to me as I was writing another
column, this
being the Christmas Season and all, that I would ask you guys
a
question.
Have you ever read a Fanfic, and felt compelled to write to the
author to
express your thanks, comment on its wondrous waffyness or just say
hello?
I have written to a few of my favorites, actually, quite a few
they are always happy to get comments on their creations. Soooo, I had
a
kind of a thought! How about we pick our favorite moment of one of
our
favorite fanfics (just like potato chips, can't have just ONE!) and
write
to the author and tell them why we love that moment. Sort of like a
Cyber
Christmas Present.
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Lois and Clark Christmas
Moment
by Maggie
Well, my favorite
Christmas Moment from the show isn't from any of their
Christmas episodes. It
may be a stretch to call it a Christmas Moment, but
Christmas is involved and
it never fails to crack me up
so.......drumroll
please.......tatatatataTUM:
Clark: You know how,
when the holidays come up, and you're all
excited about making your house
just explode with warmth and love?
So you, you go out, and you buy a new box
of lights, and you hang em
on the tree, and you're just waiting for that
burst of
warmth and love, and then you plug em in and then . . . nothing
happens.
Jonathan: Nothing happens?
Clark: Nothing.
Jonathan: No
sparks? No flickering? No electricity at all?
Clark: The power is
out.
Martha: The two of you have more electricity than anyone I've
ever
seen, and I think we've pretty much beaten this metaphor to
death.
May you feel many bursts of Warmth and Love this Holiday
Season!!!
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Hmm...Let's see.....what do Lois and Clark get each other for
Christmas.....
Well.....I'd imagine, since Clark *can* and *will* get
that darling little wife ANYTHING frome ANYWHERE in the whole
world........
Scratch that.....I'll try again......
Clark is
going for the original, yet totally *unexpected* Christmas gift this
year......what is, you're probably wondering....well......I shal give you a
little hint........it starts with the 19th letter of the alphabet and it ends
with the 18th letter of the alphabet......
Personally, if a guy I loved bought me MY own star.....I'd
be in romance hog heaven!! It's just *sooooo* romantic, to have your own
star.....you can wish on IT and not someone else's star......hmm....someone
else's star....that sounds like a song, I wonder why that
is.....
ANYHOO---so Clark's gift to Lois is
covered......now.....what can she get Clark......hmm....boxers ? Nah.....too
tempting to keep him unclothed all day
Chocolates?? No.....she'd just
eat them herself before being able to wrap them....which leads me to an
interesting point.......how does one warp a present for someone with x-ray
vision.....maybe Lois should ask Martha is she's got any lead-lined wrapping
paper hiding somewhere......
--Gretchen (FoLCzRUs@aol.com)
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For Christmas Clark decided to take
Lois on a cruise to Disneyworld. Whille going thier he will surpries her with a
Dimond necklace and a virtual tour of a mattress shop. Lois would give Clark a a
sexy pair of Christmas boxers with Santa on them. She will take him to a hotel
for the weekend and let him test them out and she'll give him another present of
a nose trimmer for when he gets older.
~Sara/Supersc11
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Lois ----
She gets Clark a sonogram of their first child =) and a T-shirt with the "S"
symbol that says Super Dad... with a hat that Matches.... She also has Martha
make him a little superhero outfit that has the "S" symbol too.
Clark
--- He get Lois a 24-Kt gold necklace that has a beautiful charm which lead
plated glass and inside is kryptonite dust on the back inscribed is "Us together
is strong then me alone" Hey then also gets her a beautiful burgundy silk
teddy.
--LadyKryptn@aol.com
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Maggie's Mouthful (Diva-in-Training Edition)
Hey People! I hope this
holiday season finds you healthy and happy. Since
the holiday rush has put a
cramp in my regular fanfic addiction, I thought
I'd ramble on some about my
shoes today.
Did that get your attention? Hehe. It's not everyday one
finds the most
perfect pair of shoes in existence upon planet earth, you
know? Not many
things could tear me away from that big beautiful S, but today
Superman can
go save Metropolis or fly Lois to Paris, heck, he can
even
have the day off. Today is Etienne Aigner day in my house.
It all
started when my friend came down from Tallahassee for Christmas and
forgot to
pack underwear. Don't you just hate it when that happens?
One simply
cannot go through Christmas Extravaganzas, Mistletoe
Possibilities, and
Caroling Parties without the appropriate undergarments.
(Yes, we went
Christmas Caroling, it was fun, it was waffy, it was even
super, but paled in
comparison to the Beauty of My Newly-Beloved Footwear.)
So, what's a girl
to do?
I have one word for you dear friends. Marshalls. Now, Marshalls is
not the
type of store you can go to when you absolutely need something,
because of
course the *one* thing you need, will be available in just about
every size
but
yours. No, Marshalls is the place to go when your best
friend needs
panties.
The treasures you find when you tag along.
Incredible. So, anyway, there
I was in the shoe section. Yes, I know. Nobody
needed shoes today. But in
the immortal words of the Wedding Planner from
Ellen Lane's dreams and
Clark Kent's nightmares, you don't absolutely *need*
shoes, but sooner or
later your feet become bloody stumps. So I was in the
shoe section, okay?
I was minding my own business, trying on a lovely
pair of sensible black
pumps when it happened. First, I saw them from afar.
Italian leather
Etienne Aigner pumps in burgundy. Now, you and I know that
although Clark
loves Burgundy, it's not exactly the most sensible shoe color
when wardrobe
color coordination is taken into account.
So, at first
I just looked at them longingly thinking, nah. Forget it, who
needs a pair of
shoes in Burgundy? Then ofcourse, I said, oh, just try
them on, who could it
hurt? That did it. I was lost in shoe heaven, and I
think I'm, uhm, still
there.
Have you ever had you feet just slip into a pair of shoes and
find a home?
No scrunching and tightening, just happy feet, surrounded by
Italian
leather
in Clark's favorite color. (I wasn't even thinking of
Clark at the time,
but if the, uhm, shoe fits, ya know?)
Then,
any kind of resistance was futile. The shoes were mine, meant for
me, created
to give my toes pleasure and that was that. Then I was faced
with another
problem. The purse thing. Kind of old fashioned that way, the
shoes and the
purse *must* coordinate, if not, it's like my planets are out
of
alignment.
While I was pondering the audacity of even
considering
wearing these lovely pumps with no coordinating accessory
whatsoever, I was
introduced to a lovely gentleman named Cole. Kenneth Cole.
Mr. Cole just
happened to design a handbag in a certain shade of burgundy
that I have now
come to love.
So, ofcourse, I had to get the purse
that goes with the shoes. I would tell
you about the sweater that goes with
the purse that goes with the shoes,
but you know enough already.
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SuperThanks!
Molly
Maggie
Rachel
Karen
Jill
and
Cat!