This Week In Musings
There was a time, not long ago, when the They Might Be Giants Musings Board was bustling with more action than a Dolf Lundgren movie. Friendships were born, partnerships were made, and it was not uncommon to see "200 new posts since your last visit" even if you visited daily. It was the golden age. Luckily, someone was smart enough to document it all. That smart person was me.
It started when member Crazy was away for a week and asked what happened when she was gone, so I quoted some people. It caught on and became a weekly compilation of quotes that I kept. I'd post the quotes that made me laugh on Friday usually, and everyone could read them, and laugh and remember, "Wasn't that so funny when Mean Geoff said that 4 days ago? It seems like it was only.. today."
After a bunch of computer problems, I lost a bunch of TWIMs, I fell behind, and couldn't really catch up. So I ended it all with a big This Year In Musings at the end of 1999, and that was it. Curiously, that was when the board began its decline in posts. There was some talk about someone else picking it up, but nothing became of that. Anyway, here they are, everything that's left from that year in Musings...
1999
January
February
2/14 MC Freakazilla post
2/24 MC Freakazilla post
March
3/12 'please don't die on me, man!'
3/19 "But what will become of my shoes!?"
3/20 MC Freakazilla post
3/26 you mean, it's not drug or paint-sniffing related?
3/26 Roberto Benigni Day
3/27 VB's odd post
April
4/3 This Week In Musings, with your guest host Mike Remiker
4/9 The deaf, dumb, and blind kid becomes a pinball champion!
4/22 When I read that 29 percent were opposed to McCarthy, I almost cried
4/30 Unbelievable. Unbelievable. When I saw you be a Chinese guy, I couldn't believe it.
May
5/14 Don't try to confuse me with the truth!
5/21 That's just like say "Fuck you" to their face, dude!
5/28 Let's pick up that dead squirrel with some gloves and make a 3-man slingshot
June
6/4 Then when the party starts, it's so slow that you just screw around and eat ice cream
6/11 Why do I keep finding lettuce in my pocket?
6/18 Fake TWIM post
6/18 When I am dreaming I don't know if I'm truly asleep or if I'm awake
6/25 "Is that a Hawaiian shirt?" "Don't start!"
July
7/1 I swear, Ryan. You're gonna find out one day that you were adopted!
7/8 "And then I tried to beat up my shoe!"
7/15 "Asked of waitress: What's your name?"
7/23 "And I'll becomes rich... rich... rich... rich like Hell!"
August
Sorry about this.
September
I don't seem to have anything for these two month(e)s.
October
10/20 2 birney plays
10/23 Mean Geoff hosts his own own TWIM
10/24 birney play
10/26 birney describes Leo Bicknell (courtesy of Jay G.)
10/26 Katie Wallace's Muser Rundown
10/30 James Chris guest hosts TWIM
November
A compendium of "John Nicholas" quotes
11/4 A song I wrote for Deset Gled
11/5 A ten year Tenure
11/7 Holy shit stained Mufasa! - A Nice Geoff play
11/12 Alison, your shit's on the floor
11/19 We have such big tits
11/26 Nick was Jesus Christ in a past life
December
12/3 Alison, you got ghetto booty, you know that?
12/11 TWIM, with special guest host Mike Remiker
12/17 "Why are you so made? Those monkeys are so cute!"
12/24 Have a rocking Ozzy Osbourne Christmas!
12/31 "Your french fries are in the break room, Lenny"
This Year In Musings
(I didn't have the whole thing, but
Jay G. did. Thanks, Jay)
Once, in a chat room, this happened to Spencer.
Can't remember who made this TWIM-safe image.
The reclusive Chris Lough never wanted his picture on the internet. I'll think I'll post this, too.