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Posted by pamsterdam on 2008-11-25 15:24:59 +0000

1997 was a big year for me too, but... not sure the best stuff is fit to print.

Posted by virtue on 2008-11-25 15:29:04 +0000

I turned 21. It might have been my crappiest birthday ever. I smoked a lot of pot, and was introduced to the joys of white water rafting.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2008-11-25 16:27:51 +0000

Graduated from college February 1st. Drive to Ann Arbor, hung with JB and TGL for a week Drove to Chicago, hung Walrod and Omahen. Drove to Durango, CO and lived there for 4 or 5 weeks. Snowboarded Purgatory. Hung out in Vail and Telluride for a bit too. Drove around the southwest, then to Graceland. Drove to Charlottesville, VA, hung around there for a week with Page. Drove home to Concord, MA. April 5th Moved to Apt 2A, 236 East 78th street in Manhattan with Zack Free. Went to film school. Worked on a dozen films or so. Was in a few movies and TV shows. Worked at Smith and Wollensky's on 49th and 3rd. Started really cooking for myself. Went to movies alone. Read a lot. Started playing the guitar. Became a person.

Posted by TheFullCleveland on 2008-11-25 17:04:57 +0000

I'd have to dig deep in my brain to try and remember the key points of my 1997 life. Off the top of my head I remember that: I drank tons of coffee I started my first "real" job in a blood lab at B&W Hospital I moved into my first apartment (Inman Square) I may have met G lib, pchippy, propagandatour, MC (among others - tgl? CC? Miriam?) that year - or it could have been '98 I visited Rochester, MA, for the first time when my parents moved there I'll add more facts if I think of them.

Posted by TheFullCleveland on 2008-11-25 17:13:41 +0000

L: and virtue - 97 or 98?

Posted by virtue on 2008-11-25 17:16:44 +0000

76+21=97.

Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-11-25 17:39:22 +0000

Oh boy. *Thought that I graduated college *Started waiting tables at the Toast *Moved to Wadsworth with Joe and Dina *Slung brownies at Fanuel Hall *Got a job at Newbury Comics I went through old Frame 609 entries recently. What a trip 1997 was.

Posted by TheFullCleveland on 2008-11-25 17:44:33 +0000

L: my old Yahoo e-mails only go back to 2000...I have some old ones on floppy disks. Do floppy disk drives still exist? I'm not sure, but I don't think my laptop has one. Those 1997 e-mails may be lost for good!

Posted by TheFullCleveland on 2008-11-25 17:45:19 +0000

Happy 11th anniversary, everyone.

Posted by MF DU on 2008-11-25 17:54:07 +0000

(Was all of this 1997? I think , but I didnt keep journals so I could be bleeding into 1998 here...) -Quit the Oscillators -Left Newmarket NH -Moved to Washington DC for a nanosecond, met Ian Mackaye's mom Ginger, played softball with Kim Colletta from Jawbox and (former UNH'er) Melissa Quinley from Soccer Team. -Got seriously depressed while in DC (not due to the above point) -Moved back in with the parents, worked as a pharmacy technician while also doing full time internships in Pediatric, Geriatric, and Rehabilitative Occupational therapy -Went to a lot of shows in Boston (mainly w/ folks on this board)

Posted by virtue on 2008-11-25 18:04:47 +0000

Even if you have access to a floppy disc drive, there's still a really good chance that it it isn't readable. Sorry.

Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-11-25 18:04:56 +0000

Where'd you meet Ginger?

Posted by Duncan Wilder Johnson on 2008-11-25 18:19:56 +0000

I turned 21. I went to Mass Art. I did a lot of spoken word. These were the shows that I played (yep, kept track like a nerd) 1997 11/20/97 "The Big SIM Show Part 2" Mass Art, Boston, MA w/SIM (Spoken Word) 10/9/97 "The Impending Spoken Word Destruction" Mass Art, Boston, MA w/On Tour Without A Band and more (Spoken Word) 9/11/97 The Espresso Bar, Worcester, MA (Spoken Word) 8/9/97 Seattle Joe's Coffee House, Allston, MA w/ Michael Kennedy (Spoken Word) 4/25/97 "Sci Fi Lounge" Mass Art, Boston, MA w/ Toneburst, DJ SPOOKY, Clay Fernald, & more... (Spoken Word) 4/16/97 TRIXPOSURE, The First Parish Church of Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA w/ On Tour Without a Band and more... (Spoken Word) 3/31/97 TT The Bears Place, Cambridge, MA (Spoken Word) 3/28/97 "The Crackdown", Mass Art, Boston, MA w/Mark Hanser & SIM (Spoken Word and Music) 3/6/97 DATA RELAY Mass Art, Boston, MA w/On Tour Without A Band and more (Spoken Word) 2/20/97-3/15/97 Copley Society, Boston, MA (Photography)

Posted by mahatma chani on 2008-11-25 18:24:27 +0000

* Went to L.A. for the first time * Dedicated my life to puzzlewriting full-time from March until late August * Had one unsuccessful attempt at suicide * Went down to DC for the one and only National Puzzlers League convention I've attended. Met Ian Mackaye's dad and sister * Bought that crappy Hyundai I drove everywhere * Moved to Teele Square with the real wierd Al

Posted by Miriam on 2008-11-25 18:28:05 +0000

Interviewed Cake and The Counting Crows at the Orpheum. Graduated college (surprisingly with some honors and on the Dean's List). Moved into The Malbert. Met GLib. Started working at Pearl Art & Craft in Cambridge. Went to The Pheonix a LOT for indie film nights and to dance. Met MC, etc. Went to a LOT of parties and shows. Threw some parties. Dated a man who was not good for me, but who helped douse me with confidence. Had a miserable case of mono that took me home to Knoxville for 2 months of recovery. Painted tons. Discovered social drinking and cocktail hour.

Posted by MF DU on 2008-11-25 18:33:49 +0000

3819 Beecher ST NW Its the address on the back of all the Dischord cds - it was literally 2 streets over from where I lived in Glover Park near Georgetown (basement of a rowhouse). I took a walk one night and all the mail goes there - Ginger greeted me at the door. Pesky kids - that must have gotten old...

Posted by tgl on 2008-11-25 19:05:34 +0000

Tell me about it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/immane/2819838437/

Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-11-25 19:55:36 +0000

Bullshit. You loved it.

Posted by pchippy on 2008-11-25 21:51:57 +0000

Wait a moment...let me check Strnds. Ah yes. I stopped living at Winter Street, got my M.A., worked at Carter Notch, and moved into the faculty apartment at the private school where I was teaching. And (not on Strnds) I got back with G Lib.

Posted by tgl on 2008-11-25 23:27:56 +0000

Ha! It only happened once.

Posted by tgl on 2008-11-25 23:29:00 +0000

Beat me to it. More here: http://strnds.com/user/show/2 I'm working on debugging the timemap, a great display option for Place/Time, methinks.

Posted by tgl on 2008-11-26 02:55:01 +0000

* Living with parents in Concord, NH * Trying to get over end of college relationship * Hanging out with Matt (Bunny) Hanselman in White Trashua/Acton/Boston * Electronics course @ NHTI * Two business trips to Germany * First (personal) backcountry telemark descent, Mt. Jackson * Frustrations at work; no engineering, just managing * Hillman's Highway * A couple business trips to Deh-twah, possibly coinciding with EHG * Flipped out after hitting the bong * The majority of my Wadsworth "green couch" stays * Performed with the Never's Band * Drive to Buffalo, NY with Bunny, to meet Jay & Flaster for wings and Canadian beer * July 4th in Ann Arbor * Family cat, Muffin, hit by a car * Sister, Lea, hit by a car

Posted by loxocele on 2008-11-26 07:51:29 +0000

began the year having an angsty, writing-in-the-corner semi-mental breakdown on the fringes of a party at my friend's house visited boston for the first time in march, as part of a whirlwind college visting tour (12 schools, 6 days, 100% insanity) broke my finger (or really, anna bracewell broke my finger) in weight training class: first broken bone. played rapunzel in Into The Woods friends all graduated from high school...but not me, one year behind. went to grand marais, MN with two closest friends: oh the donuts. went to nantucket, MA with same friends went to boston, MA with best friend in the world...with whom i was also completely in love, though i was convinced i'd reprogrammed myself out of that; truth came out before we left. first relationship based on the Miracle of Mutual Understanding (instead of the first adolescent miracle, the Miracle of Mutual Attraction) more college visiting - including a huge fight with my mom on the way from boston to new york applying to college - ugh first time getting sufficiently drunk to puke my guts out (twice) - totally overrated experience. college apps in, stop giving a damn about much of anything turn 18 - whoooo.

Posted by tgl on 2008-11-26 14:16:42 +0000

Two different cars. Lea survived, Muffin did not.

Posted by G lib on 2008-11-26 15:34:29 +0000

The beginning of 1997! Lived in Plymouth, England in CTP's student apartment Worked as a temp secretary in the trailer headquarters of a company putting in a water? sewer? pipeline Burly men in boots whose accents I never understood brought me daffodils almost daily Partied HAAARD Partied HAAAAAAAAAAAAARDER Did a small hitch hiking trip around Southwest England Stayed in a homeless shelter on their living room floor Came home destitute, and lived with my parents, who thought I was on drugs In fact, I had left drugs behind in England Worked as a temp at the Corporate headquarters of St@ples, inc. Carpooled with my dad in the family van Went the wrong way around a rotary on my way to see a show at The Space Decided that I didn't like driving Realized it was time to leave St@ples when they offered me a permanent job

Posted by G lib on 2008-11-26 15:56:56 +0000

I think we met in either 1998 or 9-- because I don't even think I hung out with MC until 1998, and being friends with him was the catalyst for meeting you.

Posted by TheFullCleveland on 2008-11-26 21:41:40 +0000

OK - so my timeline is really wayyy off. My parents didn't move to Rochester until 2001. And you're right - it was probably '98 (and some of you '99) that I met y'all. Now that I'm remembering more clearly...'97 was a depressed year, so I'm not remembering much. (though everything else above is accurate)

Posted by MF DU on 2008-11-27 14:31:05 +0000

Do you mean , tgl, you visited that house, or you lived in it when you were in Michigan?

Posted by mr. mister on 2008-11-27 21:19:41 +0000

-Moved to Georgia. -stopped smoking everything. -Lived with girlfriends parents. -hung out at kinko's a lot faxing, trying to get a job. -enjoyed southern cooking aka waffle house -moved into an apartment complex where you could only have white -curtains and couldn't drink outside. classy -played guitar a lot -fired from a job because the guy I went to Pavement with told boss all I did was surf the net all day. -broke up w/ girlfriend -smoked with neighbor who ended up calling me a yankee and freaking out. -moved out of apartment lived in basement of x-girlfriends mom's house, totally depressed -moved back home -started finishing my degree -yeesh

Posted by tgl on 2008-11-28 09:56:00 +0000

Lived there. First floor window on the far left (not in picture).

Posted by tommy on 2008-11-28 14:03:04 +0000

- Did student teaching at Lowell High - Took solo Greyhound bus trip across Canada - Finished grad school - Moved out of parents' house to Leominster - Went to Whalom Park a LOT - Began illustrious 1-year teaching career at Leominster High (geometry and algebra) - Went into debt due to extensive dental work

Posted by MF DU on 2008-11-28 19:52:53 +0000

Kewl.

Posted by loxocele on 2008-12-01 17:33:57 +0000

miriam, you're a pearlie? (!) i did my first stint there february 2000 to july 2000...and then more serious time from july 2004 to december 2005. i don't typically think of myself as a masochist, but this fact seems to point in that direction. :P

Posted by loxocele on 2008-12-01 17:38:33 +0000

i saw pavement in 1997 - at first ave, in minneapolis. had the t-shirt and everything. :)

Posted by TheFullCleveland on 2008-12-05 16:00:46 +0000

My new music soundtrack for 1997: *Morrissey - Maladjusted *James - Whiplash *Bob Mould - Bob Mould *ABC - Skyscraping *kd lang - Drag *Radiohead - OK Computer *Catherine Wheel - Adam & Eve *Bjork - Homogenic *Rollins Band - Come In and Burn *Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick *Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape *Pavement - Brighten the Corners

Posted by loxocele on 2009-02-18 14:27:16 +0000

i'm sure the website's been up for a while, but i just got around to realizing that: the first issue of Place/Time - featuring both dyedon8 and myself (whoooo!) - is available here. yay! :)

Posted by tgl on 2009-02-19 09:55:17 +0000

Now optimized for Netscape 4! Funny.

Posted by Miriam on 2009-02-22 22:27:59 +0000

Oh, yeah...I met some of my favorite people while working at Pearl and living at the Malbert. Definitely formative years...and I'm still enjoying the fruits of working there (meaning my extensive art and craft supply collection, including some tremendous paper).

Posted by Corby Trouser Press on 2009-02-22 22:37:33 +0000

drugs....mostly