A Black Hole of Happiness - Page 194

Replaced_Texan · 07-17-2007, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Elvis: At my mom's friend's house, with her 3 kids. They all loved Elvis and I thought I had to too, so I pretended to be sad. They introduced me to sugar cereal, which they were all allowed to have at any time during the day.

Reagan: Found out at Acrobatics. Didn't care.

Challenger: Half day of junior high school. Saw it explode at my house with a friend. Was sad until I heard the "Where did Christy McAuliffe go for vacation?" joke.

Berlin Wall: Freshman year, in the dorms. My RA was floored over the news. I went to play basketball.

Princess Di: At a girl's house after cheating on my girlfriend with her. Was in a good mood.

OJ Arrest: At home with my roomie, trying to watch the fucking Knicks get beat in the finals. Was glued to the tv for the first 20 minutes of that stupid chase and then was just pissed I was missing the damn game.

OJ Decision: At a law firm, when I was a paralegal, watching in a partner's office with others. Amazed at how hard all the white people took it. Couldn't believe some of them were crying.

9/11: Saw the first plane hit on the way out of the house on my way to work. Thought it was some little plane that screwed up. But I lived in Brooklyn at that point and was taking the train in and saw the tail-end of the second explosion from the train. I said to everyone in the car, "Another plane just hit the Twin Towers," and everyone got up to look. It was very quiet. I wanted to get in because my office was on 41 and I had a clear view of the Towers. They wouldn't let anyone go up, though. Walked to a friend's house since no trains were running. Watched thefirst building fall at a Radio Shack. Was looking at the second building smoking one minute, was talking to someone and then the next minute I looked up and it was completely gone. When I got closer to downtown, saw people who were near the building walking home covered in dust. The person's house I went to, his girlfriend worked in the Towers. Thank God she was a lawyer and didn't go into work until 10:00.

Cancelled Arrested Development: At work. <sniff.> Hit me like a ton of bricks, even though I knew it was coming.

TM

Lennon: I think my mom told me after school one day. It wasn't a big impact. Ditto for Elvis.

Reagan: I don't remember it having any impact whatsoever in my life.

Challenger: Seventh grade science class. We'd tuned in to watch the launch. Several people in my class had parents who worked for NASA and there were a couple who were astronauts. Fortunately, none of them were on the Challenger when it blew. But it was quiet for a lot of days at school after that.

Berlin wall: I remember the images, but I don't remember where I was. I went to Berlin in 1991, though, and parts of the wall were still standing, and most of the Germans had no idea where things were on the other side of the wall.

OJ Chase: At the now defunct Houston Brewery watching Game 5 of the Rockets-Knicks finals with a hundred and fifty other really pissed off people. I think I was sitting on a pool table. Someone at the sports bar was able to find the game on the radio and we all listened to the Rockets losing their considerable lead on the radio until the game was restored on a split screen. The Rockets lost that game. I blame OJ Simpson. Fortunately, they won the series in one of the best NBA Finals series I've ever seen.

OJ verdict: I was in law school, and I think it was right after a crim law class. There was a TV down in the lounge and everyone stood around sounding disgusted.

Diana crash: August 31, 1997. Only remembered for the walk that we took later on that day at the ranch. It was so hot that one of the dogs voluntarily went into the lake. I fear that she (the dog, not Diana) will one day reincarnate solely to have revenge on me, my sister and my parents for making her go on that walk.

9/11: Fast asleep in Berkeley, California. The phone rang at 6:50 in the morning, but I couldn't answer it because I'd spilt Bailey's Irish Cream on it the night before and the receiver stuck to the phone. My mom left a message telling me to turn on the television. I got the message at 6:53, turned on the TV and started making calls to my sister's various boyfriends to tell her to come home. She got there around nine. I went to work around ten and started posting at Infirm and obsessively looking for information on the internet. I came home around two. We watched TV for the next few days.

ThurgreedMarshall · 07-17-2007, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Project much, iSheep?

I guess you're right. Tell us more about your 60 inch t.v.!

TM

Replaced_Texan · 07-17-2007, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Compare and contrast:

http://www.nndb.com/people/766/00002...kilmer-fix.jpg

with:

http://www.wwtdd.com/photo.phtml?pos...photo_key=3567

TM

Real Genius was filmed in my sophmore dorm. Those photos make me very sad.

Sparklehorse · 07-17-2007, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Compare and contrast:

http://www.nndb.com/people/766/00002...kilmer-fix.jpg

with:

http://www.wwtdd.com/photo.phtml?pos...photo_key=3567

TM

I saw this link somewhere yesterday (maybe Defamer?) with "then and now" pictures in celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Princess Bride:

Link

dtb · 07-17-2007, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Compare and contrast:

http://www.nndb.com/people/766/00002...kilmer-fix.jpg

with:

http://www.wwtdd.com/photo.phtml?pos...photo_key=3567

TM

Do you think he's wearing a fat suit and fat makeup in that second picture? Wow.

Replaced_Texan · 07-17-2007, 03:28 PM

Just as an FYI, there is apparently a site with a readable photograph of 700 plus pages of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'm pretty sure it's the real deal given the small snippets of discussion on it I've seen before running away and closing my ears. Spoilers will be leaking pretty steadily from now until Friday, so tread the interwebs cautiously over the next few days if you wish to remain spoiler free until you get your hands on the book.

I'd prefer it if the Harry Potter page remained spoiler free until Saturday, though I suppose it's open for discussion.

dtb · 07-17-2007, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Just as an FYI, there is apparently a site with a readable photograph of 700 plus pages of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'm pretty sure it's the real deal given the small snippets of discussion on it I've seen before running away and closing my ears. Spoilers will be leaking pretty steadily from now until Friday, so tread the interwebs cautiously over the next few days if you wish to remain spoiler free until you get your hands on the book.

I'd prefer it if the Harry Potter page remained spoiler free until Saturday, though I suppose it's open for discussion.

Do you have a link?

Replaced_Texan · 07-17-2007, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dtb
Do you have a link?

This is as close as I'm prepared to investigate.

ETA: I have no idea what's behind her spoiler cut and I don't want to know until after I've read the book.

robustpuppy · 07-17-2007, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
I saw this link somewhere yesterday (maybe Defamer?) with "then and now" pictures in celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Princess Bride:

Does Carol Kane chew tobacco? Yikes.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainm...ndex=1&page=11

Replaced_Texan · 07-17-2007, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Does Carol Kane chew tobacco? Yikes.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainm...ndex=1&page=11

I wonder why they switched over from photos from the movie to photos from around the time of the movie after Fred Savage.

sunnybunny · 07-17-2007, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
I saw this link somewhere yesterday (maybe Defamer?) with "then and now" pictures in celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Princess Bride:

Link

I think i am going to cry, although I suppose I knew his boyish good looks wouldn't last without the strong facial structure to age well.

notcasesensitive · 07-17-2007, 03:57 PM

In obscure celebrity death news, Wikipedia informs me that Jim Mitchell, of the Behind the Green Door Mitchell brothers died this week. He was the Mitchell borther who killed the other Mitchell brother, if you couldn't figure that out from the context. The murdered Mitchell brother was, well, already dead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_brothers

Tyrone Slothrop · 07-17-2007, 03:59 PM

Reagan shot -- In my room and heard it on the radio; ran outside to tell my parents, who told me not to joke about that
Challenger -- high school principal made an announcement over the loudspeakers during English
Bronco Chase -- not sure, but I think I was watching the Knicks and they were showing the people in luxury boxes watching the chase instead of the game
OJ Verdict -- in the chambers of a federal judge for whom a friend was clerking
Diana Crash -- at a bar in Chicago for a friend's bachelor party
9/11 -- heard the first news on the radio as I was waking up, and then headed to turn on the TV

In general, when I've heard news on the radio, I'm much more likely to remember where I was. E.g., I remember hearing about the coup in the former Soviet Union in 1991 (?).

Tyrone Slothrop · 07-17-2007, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I guess you're right. Tell us more about your 60 inch t.v.!

TM

When he turns it on, he unfurls the antenna.

Gattigap · 07-17-2007, 04:12 PM

Maybe I just don't retain things well, but I can't remember where I was for even half of this stuff. What do you guys do, carry around mental notebooks?

Challenger -- loudspeaker announcement at school.

9/11 -- Was at work a couple of blocks from the White House.