Y2K: What could have been

Yup, pretty much. Watched MST3K's Hamlet as well.

Remembering five years ago = depressing

And seeing old newscasts from the 90's (when they talk about the Oakland fires, for instance) and the lame hairstyles and clothes is really depressing. The 90's sucked.

(more at 11 as i have a block meetin in 10 mins)

Kenan, I trust you went for the throttling...as a purely humane gesture of course.

The next morning we were all up at 0530 per usual, as I recall.

I vaguely remember thinking how funny it would be if the 80,000+ people at that big Phish show in Florida were about to become the last vestiges of the human race.

Now that's what I'm talking about. "Earth Abides" sort of shit, one last survivor forging a new world from the ashes of the old, boldy establishing a new order like THE POSTMAN.

Actually, a small part of me wanted there to be a catastrophe if it meant that I didn't have to finish my senior thesis, which I was in the grueling middle of.

Nick - like your father I look forward to the earnest world of the post-apocalypse as well - bartering, making mocassins, growing corn for fuel, etc. Maybe if we attack North Korea we'll get our wish.

Neither sleet nor hail will prevent Kevin Costner from getting out the mail. Has anyone seen both Waterworld and The Postman? (I've seen neither)Please compare/contrast. He was on a real post-apocalyptic mission there for awhile.

About the only preparation done besides stocking up on booze was my dad informing me which guns were in the best working order in our house. The fucker even laid claim to the 9mm.

i like to stay in on new year.

i didn't know anyone there except the person who brought me - a friend but not a date - she wanted to dance, which is her right, so i tried to find somewhwre to sit out of the draftiness

after breakfast turned out to be so awful i decided to make it home (abt 5 in morning): so i MISSED THE ONLY "GOOD" THING = g/f of guy who had thrown party turning up... he had not told her it has throwing a millennium party! possibly bcz when she DID arrive he wz doin coke and hott sex w.someone else in the bathroom!

Yeah it was pretty good. I narrowly avoided pulling a graveyard shift at the ISP I worked for. We had people on shift assuming everyone's pooters/routers/networks would fall over. And of course nothing happened. So I'm glad I didnt bother with that.

I found this "all about me" book that my friend gave me that (of course) i never filled out because i knew it would be hilarious some day and also because who answers questions like this
13 years later, here is a sample

it's like proto ok cupid or something? overly personal questions and baseless future predictions.

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34ey4TE9a1rtmp17o1_1280.jpg

what kinds of choices will you make in the new millennium?

Wait, you can't have cigarettes AND oral sex?

i know! you also have to choose between drugs and personal confrontation, fashion and soul.?! wtf kind of post millennial hell is this?!

frisbee or UFO

Frisbee or GTFO

Does the end of the Millennium signify the start of something new? Y N
If Y, what? _________ <--- teeny tiny little line on which you make predictions about the next thousand years

glad i don't smoke

here's another one

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sorry about the blurry edges, i am too lazy to scan twice

who on earth would answer these questions in a book? i am truly wondering about what kind of person would write all of this stuff down? it seems like finding one that had been filled out would be a diamond mine of blackmail material?!

omg

i know

its like an invitation to oversharing to the nth degree

this is but a mere sampling of this book's wares

God and the apocalypse

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ta821OX11rtmp17o1_1280.jpg

To be honest, it would be quite interesting to look back on your attitudes to these weird arbitrary things, I think.

Yeah, I've gone back and forth about it. I just know that there is no way I would have filled this out sincerely because that is just WAY too much info about my personal thoughts to share with anyone. But to read the thoughts of someone who was less guarded/self-conscious about sharing the answers? I'm going to keep my eye out for these in thrift stores from now on.

The book is 92 pages long!

Bloody hell!

hold on...i'm scanning the toc...

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'Cat and Mouse'?

Romantic (and a little bit of platonic) relationships, with dual focus on fantasy (traits of your ideal mate - woman, etc) and history (what's the furthest you have traveled to see a love interest?)
Also, pursuit/being pursued.

sorry, farthest

for example:

when you are attracted to someone:

you like to be the cat
you like to be the mouse

I'm just gonna keep posting these because why not

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3trm5oO531rtmp17o1_1280.jpg

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