End of the World (Or Maybe Not) Party
Hmmmm. What happened? I woke up this morning and realized I’m still alive. And I still have my home. And I still have my job. And I see many other of my cherished fellow ‘Stoners around too. There’s daveinbedstuy, dittoburg, SnarkSlope, TownhouseLady, PitBullNYC, z, and even Mr. B himself posting today. I thought October 16th…
Hmmmm. What happened? I woke up this morning and realized I’m still alive. And I still have my home. And I still have my job. And I see many other of my cherished fellow ‘Stoners around too. There’s daveinbedstuy, dittoburg, SnarkSlope, TownhouseLady, PitBullNYC, z, and even Mr. B himself posting today. I thought October 16th was it for all of us. But since we still have another 13+ hours to go, let’s try to get through this together and continue with our plans to meet tonight at 6:30pm (or drop by later if you can’t make that time) at Union Hall in Park Slope.
http://www.unionhallny.com/
DOW, I no longer think you are The What, but you do share an incredible lack of understanding with respect to the intention of our get together. wasder, thank you for saving me the time to have to explain this again. It seems some just don’t get it no matter how many times we try to drill it in. I think we’ve tried our best but now I’m no longer interested in explaining it. Let’s just all go and have a good time!
Turtlejam19, welcome. Try not to be too late as we’ve been warned by Union Hall that it will be very busy tonight. Look forward to seeing you.
cobblehiller–I will see you tonight. I have a feeling we will have a good conversation about this. I am not a concern fascist if that is what you fear. I really do see things in shades of grey, almost exclusively in fact, so I am sorry that I came across as so dogmatic. As you will see I have complimented and appreciated DOW’s response to my post and have removed the “especially heinous” tag from my estimation of him.
i have on a pink jelly bracelet on my left wrist today. say hi!
-rob
DOW–thank you, sincerely. It makes me feel better about you to know something about your life. It is doubtful that you and I would have too much in common if we met socially (although beautiful baby daughter, great marriage and satisfying career sound familiar) but I truly appreciate that you took the opportunity to expound a little about something other than how fucked we all are.
At the same time this statement (“Everybody just partying away, oblivious about what’s to come”) is just not true. There are very few people here (sebb excluded) who are not cognizant of the problems we face. But what can any of us do about it? I can’t fix the credit markets, I can’t get competent people into regulatory jobs, etc. But I can be a good neighbor, an interested friend, and somebody who is interesting to talk to. These things I can control. The point of the party is not to deny the problems but to celebrate the fact that despite everything here we are on October 16, 2008 able to enjoy ourselves and each other’s company. What is there to do but laugh when somebody like the What suggests that somehow I am to blame for this problem. I do hope you can come.
As for me, yes I spend a lot of time here because I feel like I have tapped into a community of people who are worth knowing. I am self employed and work in a field where I have very intense work for a few days (and then you don’t see me here) or very mellow periods (where you see me here constantly).
And really, thanks for writing what you did. I know longer think you are such a heinous freak.
THL, of course!! Post away. Mi thread su thread!!
Hi B-stoners. I hope it is not too late to join the party tonight. I agree 100% with wasder in that a bit of community bonding is good for us all. Me plus one should be there around 7:30.
OH my god….I have a house to show you guys!! Can I post it here Biff? PLEASE!!
Hmmm, interesting wasder. Yes, I do agree that people are not what they own (or don’t own). And there is much much more to life. But money sure helps! LOL!
Really DOW is especially heinous? I see him more as What in a suit jacket and goatee really…
Ok, ok, I’m not going to get drawn into a What or DOW debate! I’m going to see this group tonight! I have to save up something to say!
“The dude (DOW8000SP800) doth protest too much, methinks.”