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Life is good again.
My computer is now running smoothly. My 20GIG hardrive is now partioned off in to 3 sections. One partition for all of the main programs. One partition for storage basically. The third partition is just a small partition to use as swap space so the virtual memory will work better.
I lost my copy of Frontpage 2000 in the mix but I have Frontpage 98 and that should get me up a running on gas.
I spent the evening at the Mag. (Big surprise!) But I had a really good time. My friend Theresa was still sort of celebrating her birthday and we started to reminisce about Sparks. Jeffery Lee Puckett a local newspaper guy, wrote a pretty good story about the loss of some really good people and places in Louisville that will be missed.
First of all Jake's Club Reno is gone. Jake died last year and his 60 years of bartending skills and personality will be missed. Xena of Xena's passed away last year. Dedden's Highland Fling is closed. But for me the place that will be impossible to replace is Sparks. There is no place in town that is even close to Sparks. There is no other place that catered to so many different groups of people and everyone got along.
2000 was a bad year for Louisville night life.
Lets hope this year is better.
Good Night, Good Morning, whatever.
MrQuick 3:04 AM
What was supposed to be a simple install of Windows 2000 became a big deal.
My first mistake was not making a separate partition for it to run on...
To make a really long story short, its after 6AM and I have to get up in about 7 hours. I expected to be in bed an hour ago and I have done way to much work to get this going. It was working fine at first and then I had to mess around a little and the whole thing went to shit.
After a FDISK and a FORMAT and then the install again I'm back online but I need to get a hold of Frontpage 2000 again.
Good Night, Good Morning, whatever.
MrQuick 6:41 AM
For those who care I am feeling better. I still feel queezy but I made it through a day of work. Plus, I've been afraid to pass gas all day. I don't need any "surprises".
I posted the new Babe of the Month the other day.
I'm not sure if I've ever told this story on my webpage but its a good story and I'm sure most people wouldn't mind reading it again.
The story of the Naked Fart.
I went to visit a friend of mine in Evansville, IN. Ed was going to school there at the University of Sounthern Indiana. He lived in an apartment complex that was almost completely filled with students. He had a roommate named Marcus who on occasion would do this prank that he called the Naked Fart.
If you were sitting on the couch he would stand next to you call your name, then moon and fart in your face. He thought it was incredibly funny. Anyway, we were all watching a football game and one of Ed's neighbors were over watching the game with us. Marcus decided he was going to do the naked fart on the neighbor. He stepped up beside the guy said his name dropped his sweats and fart...
Before I continue I need to give you a little background. Marcus had gone to a keg party the night before and had drank a large amount of beer. As you may know heavy drinking can effect your digestive system. So Marcus ended up spraying the guy with runny shit.
Marcus realized what happened and he ran out of the apartment. The neighbor was so stunned he sat there for a moment like he was going to explode. Then he sighed and with a look of defeat he got up and went to his apartment. We all busted out laughing the moment the door closed behind him.
I never found out what happened afterword because my visit ended.
It was the most disgusting and yet funny things I've ever seen.
Good Night, Good Morning, whatever.
MrQuick 2:40 AM
This is going to be a short post because I have a vicious stomache virus and I have really nasty stuff coming out of both ends.
I woke up this morning feeling fine. I was up for 20 minutes and I started to feel sick. 10 minutes later I'm vomiting. But I didn't want to call in sick the first day of work for the year. So I picked up Matt and we headed into work. Right before I pulled into the parking lot I fought off vomiting. As soon as I was able to get out of the way of traffic I pulled over opened my door and threw up.
I was going to try to stay for our weekly meeting but my boss sent me home.
I spent my day sleeping, shitting, vomiting, trying to drink water and watching TV.
Good Night.
MrQuick 2:07 AM
I figured since it's a new year I would give a "State of the Website" address.
I was looking at last year's stats for my website and December of 1999 I had 675 unique sites for the month. What that mean essentially is that 675 different IP addresses came to my webpage for the entire month. In even simpler terms, very roughly, 675 people came to my page that month. December of 2000 I had 2,692 unique sites for the month. I never expected to build that kind of audience. I know there are many other personal sites out there that get more traffic but I'm still thrilled.
This is where I thank everyone for coming to read what I have to say, look at the pictures I take and for checking out the odd sites I link to. Plus whatever else I happen to come up with on occasion. I also want to again thank all of my friends for not getting too pissed because of all the pictures I take. I know I used to hate it when people took pictures in the bar. Now I'm the worst offender.
By the way, Happy Drinking Bird is still drinking. Its been four days straight. I came home the other night and I thought he had stopped but when I came back with more water he was still drinking but he was moving much slower. I need to be careful about letting the water get too low.
Good Night, Good Morning, whatever.
MrQuick 4:14 AM
"Happy Fuckin' New Year!"
Its about 7am and I'm just getting home. Its been quite a New Year.
I got down to the Mag about 11:40PM. It was getting packed. People kept pouring in because most people want to be somewhere at midnight. There is no fun in celebrating the moment in your car by yourself on the way to a party.
Midnight came and went and we officially entered into the new millennium. But nothing had really changed from the minute before. The New Year has always been a weird holiday for me. It makes you look at where you’re at and what you’ve done with your life. There are things about my personal life that I am not happy with and I tend to dwell on those things at the New Year.
At one point in the evening I was getting a little pissed because some friends of mine were making fun of another friend because he was talking to a girl they didn’t think was attractive. So I was getting on my high horse about their behavior and then later in the evening I tried to hurt this really annoying girls feeling. I tried to make her feel small and worthless. Even though its obvious that she feels worthless already.
I know this girl or at least I know her type. She is fucked in the head and she was probably molested as a child and now she tries to feel better about herself by drinking as much as possible and fucking any person that can feign love for her for a few hours. She wants any attention she can get, good or bad. She creates drama around herself and then tries to play on other’s sympathy, usually the next guy who wants to get in her pants.
I have so much pity for that little girl but I can’t find pity for the woman she became.
I really don’t know where I’m going with this, except to say that I can be an asshole.
I know that from what I’ve written so far you probably think I had a bad New Year. That’s not the case. I got to see a lot of people that I love and I really had a good time.
Adam did kind of give me this twisted idea I’ve been mulling over. Adam suggested a bunch of us getting together and doing a celebrity dead pool. I then thought about the possibility of doing a local dead pool. I’ve had enough friends in the last year die. Let’s bet on who’ll be next.
I actually thought about it for a good part of the evening. After talking to Roy about the concept I realized I couldn’t do it. The morbid thought of doing it was funny, but I couldn’t put that kind of mark on someone I knew. I couldn’t make a list and say, “Ok, you, you and you are going to die this year. Here’s my twenty dollars. I hope I win!”
Maybe someday I’ll try to point my ever observant and perceptive eye at myself and the pour it out in this space.
But until then…
Good Night, Good Morning, whatever.
MrQuick 8:15 AM
I'm happy to report that Happy Drinking Bird is still drinking. It has been about 50 hours now. I moved him up by my computer but it didn't faze him. He just kept swaying and drinking. I must say that I feel like an enabler. But it is only drinking water.
Tonight it is the end of the year 2000. Its officially the end of the 20th century. The beginning of the 21st century, the new millenium.
It just doesn't seem as big a deal with all of the big celebrations being last year. I think the edge of the Y2K computer problem hovering over our heads made it a little more exciting. Most people didn't expect anything big but there was the anticipation of something happening. It gave the celebration a spark.
I'm looking forward to the new century. I've been pretty impressed with what we've achieve this last century. I'm looking forward to see what we do in the next.
I still predict flying cars.
Good Night, Good Morning, whatever.
MrQuick 6:05 AM
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