marina says,"Hi everybody! I just logged on!"
Mrs.Robinson says,"heeelllo-hoooo"
Miriam says,"Hi, Marina!"
Sinful_D. says,"hello Marina"
Stranger says,"Hello Marina!"
marina says,"Hello. I think my computer knows that I hate it because its playing up again "
Sinful_D. says,"*sniffle* does that mean you hate us too? *crying*
Ginger says,"hi marina"
Miriam says,"That's such a pain."
marina says,"Am I suppossed to guess who you all are again this time?"
Mrs.Robinson says,"@ Marina: try!"
Miriam says,"I won't make you guess. I'm Betazoid3"
marina says,"no, I love you guys. Just wish we could talk face to face"
Sinful_D. says,"I thought you liked puzzles Marina? ;)"
Stranger says,"I'm new here Marina. I'm glad i have the chance to chat with you :)"
marina says,"Thank you Miriam for helping me out"
marina says,"Welcome Stranger!"
marina says,"Sinful, who told you that?"
Mrs.Robinson says,"Come on Marina, it's not that difficult this time"
Stranger says,"Thanks, Marina. How was your Christmas?"
Sinful_D. says,"Marina, who would you want to share a prison cell with?"
marina says,"I ate so much I'm feeling bloated and miserable "
Sinful_D. says,"My sources, my sources! I am all seeing and all evil....nahhhh, a little blue elephant told me you liked crossword puzzles ;)"
marina says,"Martha Stewart because she'd make it look really good and we'd get good snacks"
marina says,"I can't start my day if I don't do the crossword puzzle in the morning"
Stranger says,"Got anything interesting as gift for Xmas, Marina?"
marina says,"I didn't get anything too extroadinary"
marina says,"but my husband wanted a robo-sapien so I got him one of those. I think thats a little weird for a 47 year old man"
Mrs.Robinson says,"'not too extraordinary' as in????"
Miriam says,"what's a robo-sapien? I've been living in a cave."
marina says,"Michael bought me the soundtrack and dvd of Love, Actually which is my favorite movie right now "
Fred says,"What may I ask is a robo-sapien?"
marina says,"When I was in England with Dorn and Brent in the fall Dornie thought I had gained weight and so he bought me a month with a trainer"
marina says,"A robo sapien is a toy robot"
Stranger says,"Did you use Dornie's gift yet, Marina?;)"
Miriam says,"Did you find Dorn's gift to be insulting?"
marina says,"Yes, I only have two workouts left"
marina says,"No, he's my best friend and I know it was all done with love"
Sinful_D. says,"hmm....just what kind of "workouts" are they? *angelic smile*"
marina says,"I've totally figured out who sinful D is"
marina says,"Just shows what a smutty mind you have :)"
Sinful_D. says,"I know, I know...but come on, it's hormones. Surely you understand"
marina says,"Oh Yeah I know all about hormones unfortunately"
Stranger says,"Marina, is it true you worked recently with Patrick on an animated series episode?"
marina says,"Actually Patrick and I did a scene in a series I can't remember the name of however he did his lines in London, and I did my lines in LA. Its a little smutty scene based on Next Gen"
Mrs.Robinson says,"*doesn't dare to ask* - with Troi & Picard?????"
Sinful_D. says,"it's called Family Guy btw"
marina says,"Yes, with Troi and Picard"
Fred says,"Wow, Marina! This sounds like it will please fans of the Troi/Picrad diad."
marina says,"Thank you Sinful D. It won't be on til next summer"
marina says,"You know you guys always know more about this stuff than I do"
Sinful_D. says,"speaking of that, Spectres is released on DVD soon, right?"
marina says,"I think Spectres is going to be released very soon "
marina says,"I wish I still smoked"
Miriam says,"Congrats for quitting, Marina. You'll live longer."
marina says,"Actually to be honest I smoke in Europe but quit in America so I don't know what that makes me"
Mriana says,"Why do you only smoke in Europe?"
Stranger says,"How many times did you really try to quit smoking, Marina?"
marina says,"I quit smoking once for six years, but I think I still smoked in Europe so nothings really changed and as I'm only in Europe for a month a year, I do really regard myself as a non smoker"
Miriam says,"How can you manage that, Marina? Don't you get hooked on it again and again? What about withdrawal?"
marina says,"The long flight back from Europe kind of gets you over the hump, and of course when you get to LA no one smokes so you kind of forget about it"
Fred says,"Marina, don't get to excited about smoking in Europe--Ireland and the UK are slowly going the way of the USA. Sorry to burst your bubble."
marina says,"Yes, but Greece will always be the land of smokers"
Doree says,"You might have created your own category of non-smokers. Perhaps you'd be considered a "smoker wannabe"."
marina says,"you have to smoke in Greece, its compulsory"
Mriana says,"So why do you wish you still smoked?"
marina says,"I just enjoyed it so much"
Doree says,"So, Marina, what are your plans for New Year's Eve?"
marina says,"First of all, Hi Doree thanks for the gift. I haven't received it yet but I'll be getting it this week "
marina says,"It's a big night at the restaurant so we have a big dinner dance which looks like it will be the last one"
Stranger says,"Why the last one, Marina?"
Betazoid3 says,"Marina, can we talk about what you're planning for the March get together?"
marina says,"we have to re-negotiate our lease"
Stranger says,"Does that mean no fan meeting in a few months?"
marina says,"Unfortunately it looks like the March get together isn't going to happen. I'm really sorry"
marina says,"I just can't risk arranging an event and then not being in the restaurant"
Fred says,"Oh, Marina, I hope you have a good lawyer. Renegotiating a lease sometimes can mean death even to a healty business. Best of luck. Any chance you can buy the building?"
Sinful_D. says,"I'm sorry to hear that you might loose the restaurant...does Michael have any new plans?"
Stranger says,"Isn't there an optional place for the meeting??"
marina says,"No we can't buy the building, the village is owned by a conglomerate"
Betazoid3 says,"Well, we could all come to your house! "
marina says,"the idea was that it would be an event that Michael and I could both entertain you at. Without the restaurant that would be really difficult"
marina says,"Well, its an idea but then you'd all know where I live"
Sinful_D. says,"define "entertain""
marina says,"Michael may concentrate on just doing music"
marina says,"Sinful D you're at it again"
Doree says,"Sorry to here about the lease difficulties. I hope things will work out the way you want them to.Perfectly understandable. Hey, there are other options we can all explore later, I'm sure."
marina says,"I'm sure that some of us will be in the same place at the same time in the near future "
marina says,"Doree, next time we meet we're definetly having that drink"
Betazoid3 says,"How about Denver? It's nice and central. "hint hint"
marina says,"Michael's in a state of flux right now"
marina says,"That wouldn't be anywhere near you would it Betazoid 3?"
Mrs.Robinson says,"How about Leipzig - we had a 5th House meeting there and it was great (at least that's what I heard)"
marina says,"Leipzig isn't there a castle there? I think we're going to have to meet somewhere I'm doing a convention"
Stranger says,"Speaking of meetings, any upcoming conventions, Marina?"
marina says,"I'm mainly doing autograph signings although there is a big convention in Philadelphia May 28-29 where there will be a lot of the cast. That will be a convention and signing show"
marina says,"Then of course is the Vegas convention August 11-14"
Mrs.Robinson says,"Mriana, what browser do you use?"
Mrs.Robinson says,"the best browser for this chatroom is Netscape"
Sinful_D. says,"are you already confirmed for those Marina?"
Doree says,"Marina, are you doing the Las Vegas con again? Maybe we could all chip in and help rent a room in one of the casino/hotels and have a gathering there?!?" (Tue 12:25pm)
marina says,"I'm using AOL, but that could be changing very shortly"
marina says,"Yes I am doing Vegas, and I would not expect you to chip in. I would get a room. Thats a really good idea Doree"
Sinful_D. says,"sounds like there are going to be a lot of changes in the New Year for you Marina?"
Fred says,"Will you be in Europe?"
marina says,"The biggest change I would like in the New Year is to get regular employment"
marina says,"I don't have any plans to be in Europe at all next year but of course that could change "
Sinful_D. says,"wouldn't we all :) Any news yet about Bubbles?"
marina says,"No news on Bubbles, but I didn't expect any yet "
Mrs.Robinson says,"isn't it a bit hot there in Las Vegas August?"
marina says,"Yes it is hot in August but then when you're in Vegas you never go outside"
Mrs.Robinson says,"but what would you do in Vegas, when you can't leave the hotel ?"
marina says,"You play blackjack"
Stranger says,"Marina, what is the most you ever won in a casino in Vegas? Or lost, in that case?"
marina says,"the most I ever won was 1800 dollars"
marina says,"I was in Atlantic City with Michael Dorn; I lost about 2000 in half an hour"
Fred says,"Hey, if you are underage, you can go to Circus-Circus and have a great time!!!"
Mrs.Robinson says,"2000???? That's more than I earn in a month!"
Betazoid3 says,"Wow! That's a hard loss, Marina!"
marina says,"Who is underage on this site? "
marina says,"Tell me about it"
Peppermint says,"Hi everybody! I just logged on!"
marina says,"Hi Peppermint, are you someone I already know?"
marina says,"You see in America, you're old enough to vote at 18 but not do anything else "
Frederika27 says,"the rules are they way they are, is to prevent youngster from being pried on by molesters."
Peppermint says,"you can also go to war *cough*"
Sinful_D. says,"there is such a thing as overprotecting. Take the States stand on gay-marriage for instance"
Frederika27 says,"There is also a new rules that states that you can not leave your children (18s) alone after a series of attacks on children. I think it is a good thing."
marina says,"America seems to be in a backward spiral right now and I think its generated by fear"
Frederika27 says,"I must agree with you, Marina, but until they can stop certain criminal elements, we just have to live with certain rules."
Betazoid3 says,"Fear can do that to people."
marina says,"I feel that its something we're just going to have to live with for a while and try to make sure that we don't take too many steps backward and make some really bad mistakes "
Sinful_D. says,""certain criminal elements" will never be stopped"
Betazoid3 says,"I don't even watch the news anymore. It just peddles fear to the public."
marina says,"I found it very interesting that while I was in London and watching the BBC news that it was almost like we were living in different planets compared to the news in the US "
Doree says,"We made it through the 50's and all of the paranoid fear then, I'm firmly hoping that we will come out of this as well."
marina says,"thats a very good point Doree"
Sinful_D. says,"there's a lot of confusion amogst europeans for America's current behaviour of the government and off the people"
marina says,"Yes, I feel the Europeans don't really understand whats going on in the US right now, that their not being bombarded with the messages that we are"
Sinful_D. says,"Yup, at least our government is wiser that to try to make the people fearful. We've learned in our history that it doesn't work too well in the long run"
marina says,"Fear was the only way this administration was going to be re-elected" )
Frederika27 says,"This is very true, Marina, but here in Germay the media tends to also use fear. For example, the earthquake in city of Male: The media played on the fears of the Germans and much of what they said was not true. The effect was people cancelled their holidays."
marina says,"It's like what happened at the Olympics. Fear stopped 90% of Americans from going"
Stranger says,"Ever thought into entering the politics field, Marina? ;)"
Doree says,"Marina, since we're talking politics, how would you rate your Gov.?"
Mriana says,"Yeah why not.? Kate is involved indirectly. You could be involved directly. :)"
marina says,"Michael always says that I should go into politics and this is something that I've thought about. As for our governor I think its still a little early to tell "
Peppermint says,"it wouldn't be very nice to have drinks at the pool bar while the inhabitans are bury their families..."
Mrs.Robinson says,"the infrastructure is breaking down in most of the countries, I doubt that there is anybody right now who would spend their holidays there. But not because of the media scaring us, but because... well, it was a natural catastrophy"
marina says,"What happened in the Indian Ocean is horrific and it just makes you feel impotent"
Betazoid3 says,"What are her books about?"
Frederika27 says,"Sinful: Not to start an argument, but you missed the tread completely. By not going to an area, which was not affected, makes the economy suffer even more. It also means that neighbour states can no longer help each other because neither have an income. "
marina says,"They tend to be stories based about women "
marina says,"Fred and Sinful D, I'm calling a halt!"
Mriana says,"I seemed to only read Trek books and Trek ff anymore."
marina says,"Mriana, you have to expand your horizons"
Mriana says,"So many interesting books out there and I never get around to them it seems"
marina says,"What do you guys feel about the woman who spent 50,000 to clone her cat?"
Mrs.Robinson says,"that's sick"
Peppermint says,"I think she's way too rich"
Betazoid3 says,"I think about how many poor people that money could have fed."
Doree says,"One of these days, I'm going to put together an "Erma Bombeck" type book telling my tales from teaching driver education for the past 27 yrs."
Stranger says," she needed somewhere to throw her money"
Mriana says,"To semi-quote someone else, "SHE'S NUTS!""
marina says,"I'll look forward to reading that Doree"
Doree says,"At the risk of sounding like a broken record . . . . Marina, how are you doing on your cookbook?!?"
marina says,"Doree, did you have to bring that up?"
marina says,"My feeling about the cat woman is that she could have rescued so many unwanted animals with that money"
Betazoid3 says,"She could have started her own humane society with that money."
Mriana says,"I still say the woman is nuts"
Peppermint says,"hey, wouldn't it be nice to save unwanted animals with the money one gambles away in vegas? "
marina says,"I agree with you Mriana"
marina says,"If I didn't give to animal charities I would agree with you, but its not an either or situation"
Sinful_D. says,"Marina, does Michael use make up? It's becoming more and more "normal" for men to use it"
marina says,"Michael would kill me if I so much came near him, if I so much as approached him with mascara"
marina says,"He may have long hair but Michael is a man's man"
Mriana says,"lol Now that would be funny Marina. Most guys are that way though Unless they are Micheal Jackson"
Frederika27 says,"Well, I know of a woman in our neighborhood, who had her collie stuffed because she missed it so much. It sits in her bedroom. "
marina says,"Michael always threatens that he's going to have Skilaki stuffed and placed on the mantle"
marina says,"To be honest, its usually after he's peed on the floor"
Stranger says,"Marina, are you going to put any new stuff on your website ?"
marina says,"The website will have a major re-vamp around the first of the year"
marina says,"Talking of Michael, he's just shown up and he's demanding lunch."
Sinful_D. says,"Marina, if you could change gender for one day without consequences, would you? "
marina says,"So I'm going to logoff and wish you all a very happy new year!"
Peppermint says,"he's grown up - he can make some for his own ;)"
Sinful_D. says,"I'm sure he can make his own ;)"
Fred says,"Tell him it is Christmas and there are left overs in the fridge!!!!"
marina says,"quick answers, no I wouldn't change gender; I don't want to understand them. Love you guys. Peace"
marina says,"Good-Bye! I just logged off!"
**There are a couple of lines missing, so apologies for any confusion that may be caused by the chat transcript.
