Y2K: What could have been

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I lost a lot of good men that night.

laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 18:16 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/1998/January/13/photos/postman.gif

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.

andy --, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 18:21 (nineteen years ago) link

I also remember really liking the Simpsons' take on the whole thing, what with Dick Clark being a robot and disintegrating and such.

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.

Dan M. (OutDatWay), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 18:54 (nineteen years ago) link

i went to sleep

i like to stay in on new year.

charltonlido (gareth), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 19:03 (nineteen years ago) link

ok: the party had the WORST DRINK (vinegar in red wine bottles), the WORST FOOD (it wz an all-nighter so they served breakfast but it TASTED HORRIBLE!!), the rooms were ALL COLD and the MUSIC OF RUBBISH!!

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!

mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link

as part of my 'local celebrity' duties, I was emceeing my town's First Night festivities. We had fireworks, the world didn't end, it was nice.

teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 20:16 (nineteen years ago) link

get out more, tombot.

hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 20:18 (nineteen years ago) link

I had a big party at my house, and because all my friends had faffed around so much, no one had plans, so they all came over. We dragged mattresses out to the back courtyard and lay around by candlelight, all trashed off our noggins, some people inside watching (and yelling abuse at) the Matrix on dvd, my ex bf turned up, tripping his balls off, and fell face-first into my lap passed out.

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.

Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 21:27 (nineteen years ago) link

but h., I have to write 7000 words about elliptic curve cryptosystems by tomorrow afternoon.

TOMBOT, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 21:29 (nineteen years ago) link

seven years pass...

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

former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link

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

former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link

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

emil.y, Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:41 (eleven years ago) link

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

former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link

frisbee or UFO

former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link

Frisbee or GTFO

emil.y, Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link

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

former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:01 (eleven years ago) link

glad i don't smoke

heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:02 (eleven years ago) link

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

former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Monday, 14 May 2012 14:27 (eleven years ago) link

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?!

former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Monday, 14 May 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link

omg

crüt, Monday, 14 May 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link

i know

its like an invitation to oversharing to the nth degree

former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Monday, 14 May 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link

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

former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Monday, 14 May 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link

God and the apocalypse

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

game of crones (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 May 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link

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

emil.y, Thursday, 17 May 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link

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.

game of crones (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 May 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link

The book is 92 pages long!

game of crones (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 May 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link

Bloody hell!

emil.y, Thursday, 17 May 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link

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

game of crones (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 May 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link

'Cat and Mouse'?

emil.y, Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link

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.

game of crones (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link

sorry, farthest

for example:

when you are attracted to someone:

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

game of crones (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link

I'm just gonna keep posting these because why not

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

game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 01:43 (eleven years ago) link

eight years pass...

https://i.imgur.com/50gU873.jpg

the burrito that defined a generation, Saturday, 17 October 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link


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