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Repost: Meriday (The Director's Cut)
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 29 Mar 1995
Horrors -- Meriday posted cut off at the knees? Meriday called
the "mate" of a completely nonexistent guy who's way shorter than
her? Newbies wondering what the famed picture looks like even
though its unattributed, unnamed form is posted by various people
every week?
I think it's time for a historical look at how Meriday's portrait
was originally posted... (Please note: the following is the
work of Mike Jittlov, who is not me. Comments on the art should
be directed to his email address listed at the very-very bottom.)
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Merry Christmas! .
Happy Channuka! .|,
Divine Divali! -*-
Creative Kwanzaa! '|`
Joyous Solstice! :
Happy Holiday!
Hmm.. <*Inspiration*>
Merry... ...day!...
...Speaking of MERIDAY <*>^<*>
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-- A little something for she who taught me what "NIFOC" means
(Nude In Front Of Computer), but didn't realize just how well I
could interface with this medium...
--
And maybe something for those of you who prefer forthright and
honest, readable, typeable, and instantaneously viewable ASCII
pictures - to the covertly encoded typoglyphics of GIF pix...
--<@ A non-GIF Gift, from Me to Thee @>--
(If this is the kind of art you love, then you're gonna love this.
It looks a little exaggerated on the screen - but it prints out
quite beautifully via my HP DeskJet, upon three sheets of paper.
Just composing this, kept me up all night. And also quite warm.)
/''' NOTE: You MUST be 18 or over, to view beyond the ^L stops!
c-OO ---- (Or be able to tap the <space> bar on your keypad.)
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The following is this artist's rendition of a Concord, California,
computer genius - who said she was often hassled by her classmates
"for being a horse-geek and book-nerd" back in high school, many
rough years ago.
If they could only see her now...
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"Meriday in the Morning"
Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994 by Mike Jittlov
(& Meriday too!)
<*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
If you ever somehow connect with the inspiration for this vision,
kindly remember that there's a real live human being there, who is
extremely sensitive, often downright psychic, and who is probably
staring at this screen and grabbing the phone and calling me right
now. But I'm gone.
o===============================o:; ,::::,*.:::::.*.::::::::::::
| Mike Jittlov - Wizard, etc |';* ';;'..`::::' `:*`:;::::::
| 902 North Maltman Avenue |;.;+, '* ```:'o o `, `::;::
| Hollywood, CA 90026-2714 |,',.::.. .' .' |\^/|:. `*:.. `*
| (213) No-Human (noon to moon) |...May All Your \Y/ Good Dreams
| jit...@gumby.cs.caltech.edu |and Fine Wishes /_\ Come True:)
o===============================o===============_/ \_===========
"He knows if you've been bad or good, So be good for goodness sake.."
-- Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Be seeing you ;)
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The complete text of this post can be found in Meriday Beth Komor's
plan file (finger mbk...@remarque.berkeley.edu). The artist,
Mike Jittlov, can be found at jit...@erehwon.caltech.edu.
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