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This page is an homage to my weird dreams, the things that make me laugh, and my friends, most of whom are completely insane - and it all ties in to The X-Files somehow. What I'm saying is there is no good reason for this site to exist except as a showcase for my bizarre sense of humor - and as an exploration of the vast and wonderful world of X-Philedom.
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Until November (as in 1997) I was sucessfully holding the world record as The Only Person Who Had Never Watched The X-Files - a title contested perhaps only by my grandmother. Obviously I knew about the show - I'm not that lame. I'd always listened to the theme song before I switched the channel. I knew Mulder had gotten shot in Season 4 whether I wanted to know or not because everyone was having a freaking fit as I nonchalantly replied, "But David Duchovny signed on for a fifth season, right?" I had taken really lame-a** pictures of David and Gillian walking into the '97 SAG Awards (I was really there to find Noah Taylor) and I knew that 20th Century Fox was coming down hard on the fansites.
Much as it seemed like The X-Files and I were made for each other, I missed out because I am the biggest wuss when it comes to anything remotely frightening. Five year-olds watch The X-Files and I'm covering my eyes during "Schizogeny" (the sight of quicksand scares me so much I get nauseous!). I'm just as shocked as my friends that I didn't catch on earlier:
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Most obsessives start having dreams as a result of the objects of their obsessions. Not me. I almost never have dreams about people or shows I think about during the day. But in this particular case, the dreams preceded the obsession. In November, I had my first X-Files related dream. And in a very eerie turn of events, I managed to have three dreams - the significant, mystical three - three Saturdays in a row - involving Thanksgiving dinner, a Dalmatian and Burger King. Click here to read more. As if that weren't freaky enough, on November 8, 1998 the sixth season of the "The X-Files" premiered... exactly one year to the day since my first X-Files dream. :::cue Mark Snow:::: Ya think Chris Carter somehow orchestrates this? |
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If dreams are a true sign of devotion and obsession, what does it mean to have one before you've ever watched the show? My friend, e.Beth (Freak No. 11), suggested that I was secretly obsessed with the X-Files - so secretly that even I didn't know it. After the first dream, I watched "Redux II," but got bored since I couldn't follow, so I turned off the TV. After the second dream, I made a more concerted effort to pay attention and was rewarded with "The Unusual Suspects" - which I especially liked for the very reason that it explained a bit the past - a bit of what Chris Carter calls the mytharc of the show. By the time I had the third dream and Detour aired, I was hooked and I've been trying like mad to catch up on all 125 episodes. E.Beth once said that I am the most determined person she knows, and dammit, I've seen just about every episode but a handful. |
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I'm lucky enough to have friends who have watched the X-Files for awhile and are patient enough to answer my questions when I call them up Sunday night at 10:01: "Hello?" After "The Unusual Suspects" I grilled Jade (No.2 on my List of Freak Friends) and asked her if Scully sees everything Mulder sees. Jade replied: "Sometimes. You know, they're partners. When someone tells them, you know, 'Aliens ate all the corn' and they have to go investigate, she often sees what he does... I think." Never mind that there has never been an episode where Mulder and Scully have had to investigate a charge of aliens eating all the corn. Anyway, Jade slurred her words a bit and I honestly thought she said, "Aliens ate all the Corn Nuts." If you knew Jade, this would make perfect sense. Note: By the way, lest there be any confusion, this site is not affiliated with the younger, suspiciously named website Alienz Ate My Corn Nutz. |
And now this website. I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel or compete with the gazillion websites out there. There is in fact at least one website out there for new X-Philes. I just had to urge to subject the X-Phile world to my silly dreams and sense of humor.
I have a unique perspective as a relatively new X-Phile doing a "newbie-friendly" site. I hate the term "newbie," though, and that's the last time you'll see me using it- I prefer Emerging X-Phile (gee, Emile, didja coin that one all by yourself?) or EXP since the Internet community is so fond of abbreviations. I've been surfing the 'net for 5 years now - I'm not new. What I'm saying to my fellow EXP's is, I understand your pain, man!
If you are an EXP and you found this site, first of all,welcome! I hope you find the categorized list of links I provided for EXP's such as myself helpful. Please enjoy!
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Okay, I'll admit it. I'm a little compulsive when it comes to joining these X-Files factions. Amy (XFU President, fellow shipper and Freak Friend #12) has been joking that my email signature's getting a little sparse. ;-> Here are my affiliations ... so far (follow links for explanations): Credits: The Nicholas Lea Task Force, The Nick League, Shipper+Slasher="Shlipper" (Contrary to what "Tooms" would have you believe, some of us like both iced tea and root beer, thank you. ;->). Proud member of: X-Files Romantics; Nicholas Lea Estrogen Brigade; Keeper of Krycek's Mile-Long Legs; Proud Owner of the Gloworm!Krycek Klone (#79); Carter Cult disciple; Altar Girl of the Vince Gilligan Shrine; Mulder/Krycek Romantics Association; Diana Fowley Haters Brigade; Anti-@$$Holes Brigade ("Fouley," Squeaky, Kersh, the whole lot); Lone Gunmen Wear Auxiliary Brigade: Keeper of the floppies (disks - get your mind out of the gutter!) and LA-X-Files. I'm also a member of some groups which don't have formal memberships, but pop up as inside jokes from time to time on newsgroups and mailings lists: the Death to Squeaky Squad ("Squeaky" is the name give to Agent Spender in "The End"); PATHETIC (Philes Against the Heinous Error Travellers Introduced to Canon - you know exactly which one we mean); Fruit Salad (as in stop comparing oranges to apples - meaning David to Gillian - and just enjoy the Fruit Salad); Happy PEN! (Pointy-Eared Nudnik, which is how Movieline, that fine bastion of journalism, chooses to characterize all us Philes :-P), and most happily I am a S.I.N. - Sister in Nick, a honorific bestowed on those who have met Nicholas Lea. :-D |
 Photo from Details magazine. Goofy caption courtesy of Emile St. Claire. Can ya tell I'm just a little too excited by what I'm teaching myself on Photoshop?? |
