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1. Watch your
taped eps
a) in order
b) in order of
TripQuotient (most to least, least to most)
c) only the
ones that suit your personal 'shipper fantasy
d) in order of
the number of articles of clothing Trip removes during the
episode
e) watch the
reruns
2. Visit the
BBSTucker daily to post ON topic. (Trip) Search for other websites, like
Connor's, or This One. Help Myst and I compile stuff for our website.
Contribute to PROJECT TUCKER and visit House of Tucker regularly. http://www.houseoftucker.com
3. Go to a
convention to meet Our Man Trinneer. Compliment him on his
exceptional acting skills, not his fine, fine body. OR:
Compliment him
on his fine, fine body, and be prepared for the consequences. Alternatively,
write CT a fan letter (too geeky?) or find out what he's up to on hiatus
himself.
4. Print out a
picture of Trip and put in on your
a) fridge
b) bedside
table (NOT for those with S.O.'s!)
c) front lawn,
in flowers (Texas bluebonnets for the eyes)
d) ceiling of
your bedroom, just over the bed.
e) glue it to a
roll-up shade so you can hide it from S.O., but
roll it down
when you're alone
5. Try to
develop a north-Florida, south-Oklahoma, west-Tennessee, central-Arkansas kinda
accent.
6. Reflect on
Trip's influence on your life since September 2001.
Reflect on
BBSTucker's influence on your life since February 2002.
Which has done
more damage?
7. Speculate
wildly about the upcoming seasons, especially Trip's next stories. WILDLY, I
said.
8. Buy yourself
/ your man some tight blue boxer-briefs. Is it the same? Really?
9. Kneel before
the ListMoms (at your shrine at home), without whom we'd have
a lot more work done by now. Mar suggests sacrificing a small brown furry creature
from Alpha Centauri.
10. Imagine
Commander Tucker stopping by your place. Would he be impressed?
11. It's just a
TV show. It's just a TV show. (Intone repeatedly until you
realize that it is, in fact, *not* just a TV show anymore.)
12. Can *your *
eyebrows do this? -- > / . . \ His can. Work on it.
13. Share your
obsession (...no...) addiction (...no...) FOCUSED INTENSITY with
one other person. Either as confessional or as
proselytizing, your choice. Spread the love.
14. Do not turn
from the faith, my child. There is none so wicked as a fallen
Trip Fan. If you waver, grab hold of the remote or the mouse
(or the mousse -- spike *your* hair up!)
15. Cultivate a
taste for any food Trip has mentioned. Extra points for foods you
wouldn't have even considered eating before. This includes:
a. pan-fried
catfish (cornmeal
coating)
b. pecan pie
c. prime rib
d. mashed
potatoes
e. cherry
sno-cones (bonus points
for wearing a Hawaiian shirt)
f. rocky road
ice cream
g. bourbon
16. Body part
of the month, June, July, and August! The more mature among us
can vote for "Trip's Greatest Acting Scene of the month."
17. Meet
another member of the BBS in person.
18. He'll be
back in September. Honest. We can make it.
Mr.
Atoz laments,"If we focus on a different body part each day, I'm afraid
we'll run out before the summer's over. We'd have to start repeating certain
parts. Oh, wait...not such a bad idea."
Lo
Pan comments: "Ya preaching to the converted. (Is it wrong that over half
of those 18 tips naturally occurred to me?)