"Hmph.  What a boring month, and school sucks."
By - Who do you think dumbass?!

Howdy cowboys and cowgirls <they had rodeo week here a couple
weekends ago, and I'm still recovering>! This month pretty much sucked.  At
least for me, during this wonderful Rodeo week we had, I rear-ended some
old man driving a tank..err.. an el camino.  Caused $3100 in damage to my
front end, and left a mark of paint on his bumper.  At least he didn't go
into fits of eppeleptic seizures(sp).  Anyways.. oh, this is the ALIVE
article.. that's right.

Publicity for us -

This month we had a corruption #3 article lined up, but
when psyco child lost his 800, I lost the time to call. <grin>
So the official corruption #3 article on the alive history - is now
the official corruption #4 article.
Iridium article as well was planned - but I finish writing
the sucker and I call ShadowLands.. can't connect all of a sudden.
Then, I try the next day - line's disconnected.  Anyone know what's
going on over there?  If someone wants to call up my board and
get the two articles... feel free.

New Members -

This month saw the welcomed addition of a few new members.
First off was Illusive Criminal's complete welcome in, from a
somewhat sketchy standing last month.  Next, Biscuit, a previous
no-name has joined us - and he's great.  This dude will turn some
heads, so keep an eye on him.  But of course, Einstein.  One day, I
was cruising my local VBBS board, on VNET, and of course on 'ANSI
ELITE'<is that a paradox or irony or what?> when I see EN posting
that he isn't going to join the union/empire merger.  Hmph, I think.
So I sift through an old empire pack for a board number or two.  I
call up Straight No Chaser on accident - PsycoTrane's board and ask
for a voice.  No go, but I do have Falling Fast's number, EN's own
board.  Called it up, left him email, he joined alive.  In the
process, PsycoTrane, previously of empire, told me that he wasn't
going to union either.
[ed. note: why was empire so anti-union?  not that i'm
complaining, but it's interesting, that's all.]

Soon, PT calls my board, u/ls an application, and is a member.
Cool, a lit guy, now we can have some 'multi-media' productions,
graphics AND literary prowess. =)

The other thing this month - was the re-establishment of
contact with Mr. Sinister [ours, not the ex-tribe one..] and picking
up one of his works.  It's for Legion of Silence, which has overall
dropped out of contact with us, but nonetheless, it's for you SD.

New Site for 6/94 -

Well, last month I said that sites were going out to friends
on an invite only basis.  Ok maybe not.  I forgot we only had two
canadian boards, and RipTide, of Nation, called me up with a
application.  We talked, and I decided it would be good to pick up
one last canadian site.  MaelStrom, in 905, is now an alive board.
We regretfully inform the public that we've dropped Sushi Bar Z.
What happened to this guy?  Did he fall of the edge of the planet?
Sushmeister - you were like our very FIRST site, and we haven't
heard from you in 6 months... did you get shot in compton or..?
If Sushi X reads this, and is still interested in an alive site,
he can call up PR and chat with me on the issue and we'll work
something back out.
There is also a certain board, run by a certain sysop, in
a certain ac like 413, who happens to be a nation whq, and who
would like to think he's an alive site.  Too bad this sucker hasn't
called me back. =) Now by the chance that he does call me back,
perhaps such things as him being added to the site list could happen.
To Hammer in 413 - Sorry man, I have to do what I promised first. =(

Requests during 6/94 -

ALiVE has a request to put out.  I recently have aquired an
account on the internet via Delphi. <oh joy ren.> And I'm now a
certified IRC junkie, but Delphi is gay.  There is no /DCC'ing and
it's not UNIX based so I can't run bots.  Our request is this -
could someone setup and run an ALiVEBot for us on channel #ALiVE ?
Just have the bot log all the messages and send it to me each day in
email or however it works?  If you're interested in taking us up on
the deal - mail me at massdelusion@delphi.com.  Thanks..
Oh, and I can be found on #acid, #ice, #alive, but mainly #ice.
And thanks to quazar for his help on this subject.  BTW: I JUST found
an account to use... muhaha.. #alive #alive #alive #alive #alive =)

*** TRADITION ***

Tradition you ask?  No, not the normal kind, well that too,
but it's actually a mag.  A mag you ask?  No, it's not a normal mag,
to compete with the countless others.  What's the difference?  Well,
Tradition is COMPLETELY alive based.  It's about alive, by alive, on
alive, and for alive.  We don't plug other groups, other artists, or
non-alive boards (not very often).  The point?  It's just about our
six-month anniversary, and we want to do something special to show
how much we've improved.  This mag is not intended to be a regular
production like Corruption or Iridium (as regular as they've ever
been anyways. =) but more like a bi-annual production probably.
It's going to showcase our work, the few best works from each pack.
It's going to have articles on the past, present and future alive
by each member.  But best of all - it's not generic.  We've taken a
new idea and incorporated it into our mag interface.
We've been seeing lots of side-scrolling ansi's lately
right?  Tribe and Crisis had some of the first, then Acid had a
really sweet ASM one by Tasmaniac.  Well, our interface is SIDE
SCROLLING.  In fact, my interface is a huge 'Tradition' font that is
approxiamately 200 columns wide.(2 1/2 Screens)  We'll be using a
standard Iridium styled pulldown, but you'll scroll sideways with
the choices on top.  Neeto huh?  Just wait - it should be out this
month sometime providing school gets out and we get to it.

Summer -

It's 3:51 right now.. AM.  I should be studying for a
government test and doing my physics homework.  Oh well, I'm writing
an info file for a computer art group. =)  This summer is going to
be a major stress reliever, and will bring a higher echelon of work
from alive.  We'll all really be able to concetrate for once, and
our packs should get even better.  Hopefully y'all <twang!> will be
around to check it out.

md/alive.te94.suck.cor

I greet, therefore I'm cool.
ALiVE Art Productions : Love ya all men, you guys made it happen.
variation:stop working, and give me that damned ansi of mine.
thee 3rd:busy huh? i know the feeling =)
byteman: thanks for helping the viewer along
ascnesion: thanks for being so busy. j/k ...
the prosecutor/krazi karma: you guys are great.  can't wait to get it out.
minor threat:hmmm...alive? just maybe...just maybe, and let's trade calvins.
quazar: uhhh ALiVEBot?
LargeCoke: psst.. do you know this one guy rad man? yeah, I heard that...=)
the guardian: good god... all these greets later shouldn't i get an ansi??
CRiSiS: and i never even got an ansi.. sheesh... =(
Neurotic, Neurotic, put your hands all over my.. err... hmmm.. 'scuse me.
Shasta Union High School District: umm.. you like.. uhh.. suck.
irc: #acid, #ice, #vi, #bad, #shiver, but what about #alive? ;)
syntax error: where's da merge?!
Visual Insanity: Call me, we'll do lunch.  That means you PeakVcty. =)
RipTide: you need to call me about alive.. no wham bam thank you mam.
SHiVER: You looked good, no matter what anyone says.. I like.