Well, finally, I've got electricity again. You don't live under rocks, I don't need to tell you that half the world, the moon, and scattered portions of Jupiter experienced a massive power outage yesterday afternoon. While technically living in what's considered part of NYC, it's admittedly the ass end part, so we were some of the last to get our lamps and hairdryers operative.
No power anywhere. After bullshitting with the VH1 people, (who were even nice enough to offer me and the woman a ride home, thanks again) I split and tried to figure out how I was going to find that woman in question with the 650,000,000,000,000 people swarming the streets, effectively creating a NYC Opposite Day where the pedestrians ruled the road and drivers were forced to suffer through inch-an-hour crawls for all of eternity...or at least until the electricity came back on. This was my first "on scene" experience with this sort of event, and I've gotta be honest -- I haven't really heard the status report yet, so while I feel bad for anyone who got trapped in an elevator or overwhelmed with heat and exhaustion, I actually liked the city a lot more than I usually do. It was chaos. At first, nobody knew anything. Few, if any cell phones were operating when the outage first went down, and when the news started trickling down that other major cities were without power, everyone began assuming the worst. It wasn't one of those deals where you feared for your life or anything, but you certainly wondered if the power outage was going to segue into a bunch of those ID-4 motherships hovering overboard with genocidal weapons. Then, while passing one of the corner-side flower vendors, I overheard the traveling botanist utter these words:
Right then and there, I knew everything would be fine. Actually, it was even better than "fine" for some. There were thousands upon thousands who just wanted to get home as soon as possible, but after the woman located me while I was in the middle of an extensive search for her, (I was sitting on a bench with a Snapple, but I swear I was looking around for her simultaneously) we decided to spend a bit of time there since the buses were just too crowded to even attempt boarding. There were countless others who did the same, and for them, it was like getting the party nobody was going to let us have under any other circumstances. People carousing through the streets with alcohol in hand is normally illegal, but the cops were too busy making sure old ladies weren't getting run over. Even further down the list of priorities was upholding the city's poorly received "no smoking in bars" law, so smokers who could find an open bar had reason to praise poorly developed power cells. For those who opted to wait out the insanity for clearer travel routes home, things could've been much worse.
Still, the sight of the normally car-packed streets filled with sweaty people was something to behold. Click "more" to see some of the pics I snatched with my trusty camera -- it would've seemed a bit more like I was giving into sensationalism if it wasn't for every television station imaginable having cameras at every corner...
So, obviously, most everything in the city was closed. No restaurants, no stores, no museums, no Broadway shows -- nada. What can you do in a New York City without electricity?
Not much. But you can still get hot dogs!
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Poor hotdog vendors. While everyone else is getting drunk and rampaging in the streets, they are forced to shovel out hotdog after hotdog in the sweltering heat. But all's well now. Matt has his power, the hotdog vendors are not the only ones working, and the apocolypse hasn't occured. I wish stuff that exciting would happen in the south...
Chestnuts roasted by Paul Ortego @ 08/15/2003 07:49 PM EST
yah no lie us southerns don't have exciting power outages.
Chestnuts roasted by adam @ 08/15/2003 08:02 PM EST
If you listened closely at exaclty 5:13pm the entire south easter corner of PA was shaken by a 2.3 earthquake.
Experts say this was caused by the sudden sonic boom of thousands of Amish laughting similtainiously.
Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Mango @ 08/15/2003 08:08 PM EST
The power outage in Detroit wasn't as amusing as yours seemed to be. Just highly depressing. (Though i did see a few people get trampled in the mad rush for ice.)
Chestnuts roasted by Captain Cid @ 08/15/2003 08:12 PM EST
Well it is interesting to see it in the news about it in California. Those pictures you took are amazing thanks for those momentos and please consider a review of the transformers episode where cobra commander is helping these terrorists turn the transformers into humans. the episode is called "Only Human".
Chestnuts roasted by Westside_Paintballa @ 08/15/2003 08:13 PM EST
I like cheese
Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 08/15/2003 08:15 PM EST
Despite living on the opposite site of the United States, I too have felt the sting of the blackout. Conan O' Brien had to air a rerun last night as a result. And the server to our website ( http://outfail.com/sbz Please visit!) was down for a day.
I really want a hot dog right now.
Chestnuts roasted by BaronKrusha @ 08/15/2003 08:18 PM EST
Thank you for my deep belly laugh of the day, Mr. Mango! Even though this really isn't a laughing matter, that made me roll over with it. Heheheheh!
Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 08/15/2003 08:19 PM EST
Whats ironic Matt, is that when I was watching footage from NY last night, they kept focusing on the toysRus seen in your pics up above. All I could think was "Hey! thats the toysRus that Matt saw Mario Lopez at. Seriously that was what was running through my mind.
Chestnuts roasted by Gozer. @ 08/15/2003 08:48 PM EST
Man this is totally awesome.
Chestnuts roasted by Eric @ 08/15/2003 08:54 PM EST
I like how the mayor of new york heard that the power went out in canada first, so his first quote on the power outage was it's Canada's fault...
Chestnuts roasted by Josh @ 08/15/2003 09:04 PM EST
VH1 is evil.
Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 08/15/2003 09:06 PM EST
Sorry about the black out... but I'm sure that the hot dogs didn't suffer.
Yaaaaay, giant Transformers sign! I like Armada. Starscream has become the ultimate bad-ass ONCE AGAIN!
Again, sorry about the black-out. Us heat exhaustion-prone people in other areas of the world (Mainly Washington DC, HA!!) were fortunate enough to have running air conditioners while going "NANANANA BOO BOO!" to New Jersey.
Chestnuts roasted by Otaku Queen @ 08/15/2003 09:07 PM EST
Glad you got home safe, Matt! I, too, was caught in the City when the Happy Blackout Day occured. I walked from Columbus Circle to Forest Hills-Queens in roughly 3 1/2 hours. Mob-rule rules! Take that, you driving suckers! When I finally got back to my place, people were outside having a blast. Having no TV & computers for a change is nice, so in the spirt of nature, we grabbed a candle, a few guitars, some warm beers, and jammed out the entire night Floyd-style in the Happy Blackout Day park. Best night ever. So, Mr. Matt and all his faithul readers, with the Moon and Mars hanging ever so beautifully over our heads, we wish you all a very merry HAPPY BLACKOUT DAY!
PS - Nice pics!
PPS - review The Gate!
Chestnuts roasted by Mihido @ 08/15/2003 09:10 PM EST
Ha,
If having a power outtage means I don't have to take calls at work from people in the south wondering why the operator keeps calling and hanging up on them, or that Jesus and his alien friends will destroy all insurance companies, then bring them on.
AIM: AlmasyCR
Chestnuts roasted by Chrisrr4@aol.com @ 08/15/2003 09:41 PM EST
Wish I was there! Sounds like fun!
Chestnuts roasted by Anonymosity @ 08/15/2003 09:56 PM EST
When the shit goes down, I always have to be hundreds of miles away. My life is sooooo normal. :(
Oh, pretty cool that the ABC report I was watching kept showing that Transformers sign. I take back all the bad things I said about the channel.
Chestnuts roasted by Daniel @ 08/15/2003 10:03 PM EST
Sometimes, I'm glad I live in Idaho. No power outs, no elections with Arnold Swarzhwhatsit, no voters that can't read, ect.
Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 08/15/2003 10:07 PM EST
Where's MORE? I can't see it. Also, it's pretty cool how we managed to get an up-close-and-X-E look at the blackout. You really carry that camera with you wherever you go? How big is it?
Chestnuts roasted by "MR. GAME & WATCH" @ 08/15/2003 10:10 PM EST
Or do you mean only if you are viewing from the main blog page?
Chestnuts roasted by "MR. GAME & WATCH" @ 08/15/2003 10:11 PM EST
I dont have any proof yet but i think Mattel was to blame. Photog and I will be investigating and we promise to bring the culprit to justice.
Chestnuts roasted by Nathan Bitner @ 08/15/2003 10:14 PM EST
I have to tell part of my blackout story. I live just outside of Detroit and was at "work" (babysitting) at the time. I had no idea how big the blackout was- I thought it was just the neighborhood I was in. It happened right when one of the kids turned off the Nintendo, so they thought that they did it. It was pretty funny. But one of the kids was supposed to call his mom at 4:30 and couldn't because there was no working phone. About 4:30 I hear a car door shut, and I say: "It's your mom, John. It has to be. She's coming to see why you didn't call." Sure enough, it was her. She runs up and starts frantically pounding on the door. She comes in. "You have to come to my house. The power's out halfway around the world! There've been all kinds of explosions!"
She's so over-the-top. We were under control and as soon as she shows up, we're thinking that we're all going to die. Seriously! That's one person that I never want to be around in an emergency again.
The whole ordeal has been taken care of so quickly, I can't believe it. It takes 3-5 days on average for power to be restored to my neighborhood when the power goes out any other time. I'm glad though, even though my fish died anyway. Probably got boiled alive. I miss my fish. He was fat.
Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 08/15/2003 10:30 PM EST
i live in canada..20 minutes from the buffalo border...our power was out too it super sucked it didnt get back on till like 7.30 this morning...its soooooo hot out...like 38 degrees celcius..so to you backwards americans thats like 90 degrees ...its friday night and our power went out again..but it was back up in no time...i never realized how diffrent and how much we depend on hydro...
Chestnuts roasted by xBUGGx @ 08/15/2003 11:05 PM EST
mmmmmmmm....fat boiled fish.....*drooool*
Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 08/15/2003 11:11 PM EST
The blackout hit Canada just as hard as anywhere, I was stuck at home without heat or anything, nearly froze to death. However, the produce in my refridgerator did not spoil, which is one upside of living in the great white north during a blackout. No, kidding, it was hot as hell up here. For entertainment the fam and I played countless games of candle lit monopoly to pass the time. I won every game, but only because I cheated. I enjoyed your American perspective on the event, wry and juicy...that hotdog looks good.
Chestnuts roasted by Dan @ 08/15/2003 11:13 PM EST
when there is no power, i sleep. i am an android. Don't tell my girlfriend. My wife would get pissed if she knew that SHE knew my secret too...
i'm out
you are gay
Chestnuts roasted by ben lid @ 08/15/2003 11:14 PM EST
"While technically living in what's considered part of NYC, it's admittedly the ass end part,"
You live in Staten Island too?
--LordKaT
Chestnuts roasted by LordKaT @ 08/15/2003 11:26 PM EST
Well, at least you could gaze upon the Chaos Bringer on that huge Armada billboard while you waited....
Chestnuts roasted by Black Zarak @ 08/16/2003 12:15 AM EST
Nice Pics Matt. Did you eventually make it home or sleep in a park? I surived a power outage the one a few years ago that hit the west. I thought God was mad at me for not going to church for years and finally agreening to go on that day before the blackout happened.
PS what kind of camera did you use digital or film?
(if that story was too skechy I'll explain later :/)
Chestnuts roasted by pikachulover @ 08/16/2003 12:21 AM EST
Hmm....good pics Matt. Dang that blackout was anoying. Wheres Teddy Long?!
Chestnuts roasted by Josh(majinnsupervegeta@hotmail.com) @ 08/16/2003 12:27 AM EST
Is funny. Not a few weeks ago we in Memphis, TN, got blasted by unpredicted straight line winds upwards of 100 mph. Hundreds year old trees torn asunder left 'n right, thrown across major roadways, houses crushed, power out to 75 percent of the population, tens of thousands still without up to two weeks after the fact. This just being one observation from one town in the swath of Mid-South destruction.
Though, I suppose, the Northeast is important, as well.
Wish I were still there. Would have loved to see it.
Chestnuts roasted by Abacus @ 08/16/2003 01:09 AM EST
The Man just wants to restore lights for the masses to promote his whitey propaganda. You can bet your mamma's big case a' haterade on that one, beliedat.
Chestnuts roasted by Nash Will Be BALD @ 08/16/2003 01:15 AM EST
having never been to NYC, my only picture of what it's like comes from tv and movies, (so of course it's a dead on accurate idea anyway)I thought the streets were always that crowded. Anyway, glad everyone got through it all with out any trouble.
Chestnuts roasted by candybar @ 08/16/2003 01:22 AM EST
I was at Cedar Point, biggest roller coaster park in the world, when power went out. It was funny. I wanted to be stuck on a ride, but alas I didn't. Anyways people had to be taken down in cherry pickers on some rides. The Millenium Force was stuck at teh top of the hill. And leaving was mass chaos. I took some pics, but not too many. It was funny.
Chestnuts roasted by Theremin @ 08/16/2003 01:24 AM EST
The border of the blackout was about eight hours away from us, in Ohio. It was very funny to hear the radio announcer soundign all grave and alarmed every time he talked about it-- apparently he (and a lot of other people) thought it was going to spread like some insane bacterial growth.
It never hit us. What a pity, I so hate my computer and my air conditioner. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
Chestnuts roasted by freakachu @ 08/16/2003 01:44 AM EST
Being an Oregonian, we live boring, boring lives full of not-even-funny political issues (as compared to Ahnold). I found the entire blackout morbidly hilarious. It's good as long as it's not me. And even if it was, who would give a damn about the Northwest? Always the Northeast. That is, damn NYC. Boo.
Oh, and Conan was great. would have been genius to do the ENTIRE episode in the dark, imho.
Chestnuts roasted by Melanie @ 08/16/2003 02:24 AM EST
man wutta day that was a mixed blessing in disguise don't worry about us folks everyone was really chill for one day people just got drunk and got layed and looked up at the stars and the crime rate was lower than it was on a usual day we may just make it as a race afterall
Chestnuts roasted by Thefatguy @ 08/16/2003 02:29 AM EST
I live in a suburb of Detroit, and was just pulling into the parking lot at work when the outage occured. So i just didnt even bother going in i just turned around and left. The gas stations were a frickin nightmare, people yelling and cursing at one another for taking their pump. People going door to door selling bottled water for a dollar a bottle. GOOD TIMES!!!!!!!!!
Chestnuts roasted by chewcracka the nookie wookie @ 08/16/2003 03:05 AM EST
You said it, Melanie! We Oregonians are impervious to anything remotely interesting. That's why we need a bald man named Ron Brown to educate us on droughts and such.
I'm saddened that Conan didn't do that episode entirely in the dark. I'm even more saddened that Shia LaBeouf won't be on the show for a while as a result.
Chestnuts roasted by BaronKrusha @ 08/16/2003 03:28 AM EST
I feel so much better knowing that someone watched that Conan episode.They need to rerun those ten minutes again.That was the greatest episode of the Conan O' Brian.Just those ten minutes.No audience appluading.And real laughter.
Yeah,I live on the west coast.Blackouts are really interesting,and dare I say 'fun', since we have them at most for an hour once a year during the windy season.I don't know why,but all those candles and flashlights and trying to get through the house without bumping yourself,and then being able to look outside and see a billion stars for the first time in ages makes you feel alive.Then the TV comes on,the house is filled with blinking 12:00's,the lights replace all the stars then we're back to our normal routine.
Okay now I'm sounding a litttle like Matt.I think I'll stop now.
Chestnuts roasted by Fhydra @ 08/16/2003 03:29 AM EST
I still say matt should review the trolls 2 movie
Chestnuts roasted by hyacinth @ 08/16/2003 04:29 AM EST
Hmm... lucky for me (in Pincourt, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal), Hydro Quebec is a completely separate "grid" unto itself and our systems don't stop running if the power systems in neighbouring provinces and states go down. But a one day blackout is nothing... try going a week or more without power in the dead of winter like during the Ice Storm of '98!
Since people are suggesting things Matt may want to review, I've always wanted to see him discuss the more Eff'ed up episodes of G.I. Joe, like the famous one wherein Shipwreck visits the island or the one wherein both Joes and Cobras get sent to the Egyptian afterlife somehow, or, my favourite weird episode, "The Day of the Viper" wherein mysterious, criptic phone messages answered by Barbecue lead the Joes to all sorts of fun places, like the Cobra Recreational Center in Antartica with the robot Maitre d'.
Chestnuts roasted by Steve Brandon @ 08/16/2003 05:04 AM EST
good luck with your vh1 shenanigans.
Chestnuts roasted by 'tin Man @ 08/16/2003 06:22 AM EST
Proably the most memorable pic for this Californian was the subway comuters sleeping on the Postoffice steps because they couldn't get home. I woun't put it past the NY taxi drivers to up their prices in the time of desperation (I do have relatives there and have been back to visit fairly recently. I know enough not to trust the taxi drivers. My cousins always had me take the subway)
Now imagine Rolling blackouts, which we had to go through a few years back here in Cali (I lucked out cause I live in a area where the power is regulated localy). For two hours at a time, wham, bam, sorry mam. If you could et your hands on or figure out poor gov, charts you could look up when your area would be scre... chosen to help share the burden. What sucks is that the whole "Power Crisis" thing was enginered by Enron and the other power companies to jack up our power rates(no shit). Hmmmmm..... May be the enginered a multi state/province blackout back East to make their plan more bleaveable this time.
Chestnuts roasted by Rogue-13 @ 08/16/2003 07:35 AM EST
Us Californians had to deal with that on a daily basis (not at the regional level as the other day's was) but we usually had at least one power outage a week in the summer of 2000 or 2001...whatever year it was Gray Davis sold all our power and then realized "oh wait, people WANT electricity? I'll be damned"
But with the Terminator as our governor, we can always rely on our electricity.
"Hey Arizona! It's NOT A TUMAH! GIVE US YOUR POWAH! AUUGH!"
Chestnuts roasted by Eli Roth @ 08/16/2003 07:36 AM EST
Wait a minute, who is 'the woman'? And why was Matt looking for her?
Chestnuts roasted by ineptitude @ 08/16/2003 09:32 AM EST
Mr Mr Mr is right, Idaho never has anything interesting...perhaps we should get together w/ those people from oregon, and make interesting things happen? Too bad I'm not a monster, cuz monsters meet such interesting people. Anyways tonight I'm going to simulate my own power outage, by disabling (blowing up) the two electricity producing damn's w/in a 5 mile radious, it'll be fun. bye bye shoshone, and twin falls!
Chestnuts roasted by brandon @ 08/16/2003 10:01 AM EST
oh yea, and cuz of my work schedule I catch conan on comedy central the next day...and it really did kick ass. he should have continued the show in the dark.
Chestnuts roasted by brandon @ 08/16/2003 10:14 AM EST
It was rather funny watching the American news about all of this. They would say something like "Eastern United States and Canada hit by blackout" making it sound like all of Canada is in utter darkness. Then the whole Bush-Chretien finger pointing..
Chestnuts roasted by squirrel @ 08/16/2003 10:18 AM EST
My friend got trapped in an elevator in Toronto by himself. I thought that was pretty scary for him. Until I had to sit around with my parents with no power. Then I envied him.
Chestnuts roasted by J Dot @ 08/16/2003 10:28 AM EST
Thank God South Jersey escaped the wrath of the power outages. I don't know what I would have done with myself if my two days off were stripped of electricity. Especially since I wouldn't have been able to go to the bar, play madden and knights of the old republic, or enjoy wonderful, life giving air conditioning.
"No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater... than central air."
Chestnuts roasted by HaVoK @ 08/16/2003 11:50 AM EST
Never been in this big a blackout, but when I lived in Orlando (aka the worst city in the world...seriously, try living there sometime) we had a hurricane that knocked out half the power in the city. I think I slept through the whole thing.
Chestnuts roasted by Hellpop! @ 08/16/2003 12:44 PM EST
I was skating during the blackout(I live in Pittsfield, MA) and I by the time got home, the power was back on. I didn't even realize anything had happened untill I was flipping through the channels and about 10 stations were talking about it.
Chestnuts roasted by Diabetic Dinosaur @ 08/16/2003 01:20 PM EST
I noticed someone above posted this:
PPS - review The Gate!
Well, I did an interesting mini-review of the Gate in myonline journal a while back.
http://www.deadjournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=durandal&itemid=8699
Melting telephone are amazing. Everyone should have at least two. ;)
Have fun,
-Blayne
Chestnuts roasted by ernie@bungie.org @ 08/16/2003 02:08 PM EST
Damn blackout, it set back my marijuana farm's production...
Chestnuts roasted by SWG Sucks... @ 08/16/2003 02:17 PM EST
I caused the blackout........sorry.
Chestnuts roasted by Zach Galligan @ 08/16/2003 04:07 PM EST
For once the homeless people of Newyork are equal! ..fight the power!
Chestnuts roasted by neogeo @ 08/16/2003 04:25 PM EST
Matt, you've been privledged to see something great. Rain or shine, apocoylpse or blackout. You can still get a hotdog. NOW THATS THE FUCKIN' AMERICA I LOVE!!!
Yes, VH1 is now MTV's bitch. MTV is the great Satan, Bin Landen should be blowing that up!
Stay cool my east coast hommies. Its nice having the air on in Chicago.
Chestnuts roasted by Yankee Clipper @ 08/16/2003 04:52 PM EST
Now that the power is back on, you can finish the Advent Calendar Christmas Countdown! http://x-entertainment.com/xmassy/
Chestnuts roasted by shadware @ 08/16/2003 04:54 PM EST
Dudes. I had no power outage. I'm from England though, so make of that what you will.
One thing though. UNICRON IS BACK? IN ARMADA? WTF? It'll take 15 years for that episode to make it to the UK.
Chestnuts roasted by Velvetpresley @ 08/16/2003 05:05 PM EST
Here in Virginia Beach the lights flickered twice, within nine seconds. So it was long enough to knock out my computer, have it start back up on it's own and knock the poor bastard out again.
Remember, stuff like this isn't a big deal until someone offically sees Satan's face, either in smoke or clouds.
Chestnuts roasted by Reino @ 08/16/2003 05:36 PM EST
Matt, I hope the deal with VH1 works out and becomes very lucrative. I want an X-E cereal as well as a coffee table book with Matt action figure included.
Velvetpresley, technically Unicron's head came back for the series after the movie with the newer bots, or was he in the second "movie" when the show got desperate and brought back Optimus from the dead? I remember because it reminded me of the the end of Spaceballs with the transformer blowing up and the head and arm floating away toward the Planet of the Apes.
Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 08/16/2003 05:58 PM EST
One thing ive learned in the past si that blackouts even the odds for guys like me tryin to get girls.
"Is that really you (Justin, P. Diddy, Brad, Tom, Carrot Top, or any other celeb), I can't see your face".
"Yes. Yes it is indeed." ^_^
Chestnuts roasted by Sagir @ 08/16/2003 06:31 PM EST
The Blackout hit us in North Carolina. Our freakin electric companies musta been buyn power from up there
Chestnuts roasted by Alex @ 08/16/2003 07:36 PM EST
THE DECEPTICONS STOLE ALL THE ENERGON CUBES!! THOSE DASTARDS!!
Chestnuts roasted by DumasS @ 08/16/2003 07:47 PM EST
Sorry.
Kinda emotional about it.
Chestnuts roasted by Dumass @ 08/16/2003 07:48 PM EST
Matt it's cool to see that you got a deal in the works and I wish you the best of luck. I also felt the effects of the blackout since I live around Albany NY. But I was wondering if you did indeed get to see Freddy vs Jason and if you did you gotta do some kinda post because I think I speak for all when I say your take on that would rock.
Chestnuts roasted by Tim @ 08/16/2003 07:58 PM EST
COOL A TRANSFORMERS ARMADA DISPLAY ON TOYS R US !!!!!
Chestnuts roasted by Man In The Brown Volvo @ 08/16/2003 08:01 PM EST
LONG LIVE X-E!!!!
Chestnuts roasted by The 6th ninja turtle @ 08/16/2003 08:03 PM EST
I feel for ya, Matt. I was without power for a day and a half, and it blew. Especially since it got so damn humid...
In any case, I've got power back and I'm feeling fine. Now, time to stock up on ice cream again...
Chestnuts roasted by Paul @ 08/16/2003 08:23 PM EST
Oh, what the heck, since everyone else is adding their comments, I'll throw in mine.
I hope none of you in Ohio or New York get upset, but I had no idea there WAS a blackout until I went online, as I don't have cable. Yeah, I live in New Jersey...the southern end. Wildwood, to be exact. (I.E, the resort town Matt chased Bamboo Peanuts and Bulbasaurs through.) The lights flickered once, but that's the closest I came to losing power. Loved Matt's pictures, too. Since I didn't get to see the evening news, I didn't see what New York looks like when it has to survive without power. And I thought the busses around here were crowded in the summer... ; 0 )
Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 08/16/2003 08:36 PM EST
BaronKrusha and Fhydra - Eh, Shia was on the show the next day. He's so full of ADD. :P Boy needs some ritalin. But the dark Conan was AWESOME. Conan is much hotter without makeup, IMHO. Would have been genius for a whole No Energy episode.
Chestnuts roasted by Melanie @ 08/16/2003 08:56 PM EST
If nothing else you can still pat yourself on the shoulder for being the god damn trooper you are!
*Pats Matt on tha back for tha sausage pic*
One of the few who weren't a total bitch about the blackout!
Chestnuts roasted by Lodin @ 08/16/2003 09:24 PM EST
man that kinna reminded me of that time i turned off all the street lights on my block... yay!
Chestnuts roasted by fhqwhgads @ 08/16/2003 11:07 PM EST
As much as I hate MTV/VH1, if they start givin Matt some cash, they're alright with me.
Chestnuts roasted by HaVoK @ 08/16/2003 11:14 PM EST
Yeah, but if Matt's going to sell out he should at least sell out to a network with a reputation.
Matt - inquire to the VH1 execs about Comedy Central. Both stations are owned by Viacom. It would be more suited to your type of humor, and you wouldn't be making some gay-ass "remember when" show for a station that's SUPPOSED to be based on music.
Did I mention I hate VH1? :)
Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 08/16/2003 11:33 PM EST
I wonder if Matt is gonna be doing a " I Love Pop Culture".
Chestnuts roasted by James H @ 08/16/2003 11:54 PM EST
Suprisingly, all I got was a power surge from it. Meh.
And might I add, GAH! While cool and almighty that TRU sign is (Hooray, Unicron!!), it just compounds my misery of not having found a Unicron yet.
According to Transformer Geek / KB Toy Guy at the mall, the shippments of Unicron were delayed!
Yes. Indeed, I'm more worried about an expensive toy and a DVD set (Beast Wars Season 1 = :D) than I am about a semi-local, semi-crisis. Go fig. :D
Chestnuts roasted by Ian, Just Ian @ 08/17/2003 12:06 AM EST
Damn. I wish I had a website like Matt's so I could get a meeting with VH1. I also wish a rolling blackout would occur so that they could give ME and MY woman a ride. Hell, I wish I had woman to get a ride from VH1 with.
Well, that's enough feeling sorry for myself for now. Tell us what's going on with VH1 soon, Matt.
Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 08/17/2003 01:28 AM EST
Down in the South, when the power goes off, it takes forever. Usually when it goes off it's during a snowstorm, so it takes twice as long b/c everyone putts around. It was really hot on Fri., prob. the hottest all summer, so I'm glad we didn't get affected...hope everyone else is okay.
Abacus, hope you're doing okay in Memphis w/ the tornadoes. I live in Chattanooga, so the last thing we experienced was that flood in May, and before that, a tiny bit of snow which took me an hour and a half to get 20 mi. to my house...ghetto.
X-E roxors! Let's hear about VH1 sometime, Matt!
Chestnuts roasted by Courtney @ 08/17/2003 02:48 AM EST
Since we're talking about VH1, it reminds me of my grandms. "Your grandma??!!" Yes, my nana. Her English isn't the best and she gave me a sex talk once. It goes like:
"Mijo, you don't wanna go having the sex because you will get "phillis" and it never goes away. You can also get "VH1" and you no ever get rid of that. Not even if you rub Vick's on it"
I love my grandma. I hope she never finds out i have VH1, and MTV as well!
Chestnuts roasted by Sagir @ 08/17/2003 03:41 AM EST
So many random replies...i think we need a new entry...BLAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGG!!! OMG!! I JUST DIED!!! XD
Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 08/17/2003 04:01 AM EST
Where did you get the idea that I liked Shia LeBouf,Mel?IMHO,all those Disney actors need ritalin,or those alternative natural medicines I keep hearing about.
Anyway,there is a repeat of the 10-minute Conan blackout episode on Monday on Comedy Cental for those interested.12 o' clock in the middle of the day for everyone lucky enough to live on the west coast.
Chestnuts roasted by Fhydra @ 08/17/2003 04:15 AM EST
This is my first time posting and I have to say I pray for stuff like this,but considering I wish for 99.9% of the population to die like in Stephen Kings the Stand it's no wonder I was pretty happy.
Do a review on 2XL the 8 track playing robot that asks you questions and then farts at you.
Chestnuts roasted by Luapnniuq@aol.com @ 08/17/2003 04:43 AM EST
Heh, you new yorkers sure know how to spend time during a blackout.
Chestnuts roasted by Terry Bogard @ 08/17/2003 07:27 AM EST
Pics of the Armada Unicron toy.
http://www.tfkenkon.com/collection/act116/
http://www.tfkenkon.com/collection/act117/
Chestnuts roasted by FFN @ 08/17/2003 07:49 AM EST
I was working for Metro Traffic and Weather during the blackout, doing ye olde traffic reports, which basically consisted of broadcasting to people who couldn't see the broadcast, and telling them that their power was out. Ahh..good times. Plus I was stuck on the LIE for an hour and a half getting there with no AC. I love blackouts.
Chestnuts roasted by Tuff Daddy Cool @ 08/17/2003 01:41 PM EST
I almost feel like a trader. But then I remebered that this isnt high school and you can think for yourself and have your own opinions.
I never liked Transformers. It disturbed me as a kid. I couldnt understand that a machine could be alive or have feelings. That what your were seeing in the episodes the machines were all just programed like that. It was immitation of life. Depending on your definition of being alive.
Tells you something aboot what kinda messed up kid I was. Couldnt even watch cartoons without think crazy.
Chestnuts roasted by Yankee Clipper @ 08/17/2003 02:42 PM EST
warning that site just put up a new version and i am uncertain whether the blackout complicated matters but regardless it's buggy.
that aside... bitter ale, lemon vodka and redbull with turkey sandwhich, pringles and chicken curry produces a bad fever type condition. lesser side effects include feeling like a bloated fatass and depression.
but that's enough about me lets talk about blackouts, transformers and matts... (there is more than one you know!)
ah crap after reading all 88 preceding comments and consuming said beverages/food i'm too worn to say anything of any imediate comical value.
meep.
Chestnuts roasted by beer fever @ 08/17/2003 04:17 PM EST
Over in the west, we've got a sky covered with smoke and a dark orange sun to worry about...
Chestnuts roasted by turkey's can't fly? @ 08/17/2003 04:26 PM EST
I played old boardgames with my mom durring the blackout.
We played Domain, and Rack-o. I wanted to play mousetrap, but my mommy wouldn't let me! I drank lots of wine that nite. Lots. Matt looks good holding a hot dog, but NOT amused.
Chestnuts roasted by Katie @ 08/17/2003 06:32 PM EST
Okay someone explain to me how they could have continued the Conan show using cameras and no electricity?
Chestnuts roasted by Big Will @ 08/17/2003 07:00 PM EST
"yah no lie us southerns don't have exciting power outages"
Come to New Orleans. The wind changes direction and the power goes out.
Chestnuts roasted by bunnymud @ 08/17/2003 07:17 PM EST
Big Will:
It's called "emergency generators." Many large companies have disle powered generators that can keep them running for weeks at a time. They're an astonishing thing.
Chestnuts roasted by LordKaT @ 08/17/2003 07:40 PM EST
haha, when i realized the power AND the water wasn't working, i ran out of my friends suburban detroit house and looked up at the sky... i seriously expected to see some independence day crap... just like you said
that's what happens when you watch too many movies.
Chestnuts roasted by efbeie @ 08/17/2003 10:02 PM EST
If you ask me (and Many don't) I think Electricity is not all that its cracked up to be. Look at us here In the great state of South Dakota, We just got light bulbs 4 years ago.
Chestnuts roasted by Darth Constapated @ 08/18/2003 03:01 AM EST
Well we had a thunderstorm here in Mass. and I lost power for a couple hours. Once that happened my household quickly turned into a power struggle for whoever could possess the one flashlight we had (if that isn't foresight I dont know what is). By the time I got the damn thing the lights were back on.
Chestnuts roasted by Insertnamehere @ 08/18/2003 03:21 AM EST
so i hear on cnn that a buttload of NY and parts of other places 7th grade geography class in canada doesn't even know exist, were out of electricity. end of the fucking world. i don't want to sound heartless cuz i know many people suffered, but this just pissed me off: ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT. seriously, they interviewed actors/actresses on their wherabouts when it happened, and the thing that pissed me off the most, at least 50% of the population probably found the fact that kelly ripa or some bitch was "truth be told, getting my roots done" and MY FUCKING GOD ROB LOWE HAD TO WALK HOME, important, or even tv worthy. who cares. i'm sure those who were stuck in elevators or the subways had waaaaaaay more interesting stories to tell, but i didn't see nearly as many of those as i did about the stars, fuck the stars.
p.s i'm not sure if rob lowe had to walk home, but some dickhead who reminded me of rob lowe had to.
Chestnuts roasted by mike from canada @ 08/18/2003 04:01 AM EST
pps i'm ignorant, so don't take offense and yell at me by posting about my post, and then other people posting about those posts, agreeing or not agreeing or correcting them correcting me, i just remembered why i hate message boardsm, alot
Chestnuts roasted by mike from canada again @ 08/18/2003 04:06 AM EST
to be honest, i had hoped it was the night the C.H.U.D.s took back the city.
Chestnuts roasted by robley @ 08/18/2003 04:11 AM EST
Terrorists win.
Chestnuts roasted by Jojo! @ 08/18/2003 04:59 AM EST
hey matt congrats on the vh-1 thing
i hope to see ya on tv...
Chestnuts roasted by dchild @ 08/18/2003 09:00 AM EST
Give me a hot dog and a cold beer and I'll give you some of the best methane a person can provide.
Chestnuts roasted by BubbaJune @ 08/18/2003 09:44 AM EST
OMG! Gozer, I thought the same thing. I saw the Toys R Us on the TV during the blackout coverage and I wondered if Matt was anywhere around there, because that was where he met Mario Lopez. We need to get a life.
Chestnuts roasted by Kookie @ 08/18/2003 11:09 AM EST
Hey matt-
i was at work when it happened and by at work i mean 65 floors above the city in the empire state building. 65 flights of stairs... and then a 5 mile hike to brooklyn...
Chestnuts roasted by julia badtouch @ 08/18/2003 12:27 PM EST
Jeeeezus Christ, I do not envy you. :) Just getting around outside was tough, I can't imagine having to do it after 65 flights.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 08/18/2003 12:29 PM EST
There are going to be a lot of babies born in 9 months.
Maybe one of them will be the next Nathan Bitner!?
Chestnuts roasted by Yeti Hunter @ 08/18/2003 03:07 PM EST
Ok, new topic time.
I live in good ol' Arizona and we are running out of gas.
I don't mean the stuff we get from all our Mexican food either, I mean the kind my car eats.
It is extremely amusing to see people panic and get in line for up to an hour just to get gas.
Lucky me, I drive an Expedition.
Lucky me indeed... o.O
Chestnuts roasted by Sagir @ 08/18/2003 07:58 PM EST
The New Unicron rocks...We've finally got a toy of the Chaos Bringer....
.....and no, he's not bigger than Fort Max. God damnit.
Chestnuts roasted by Onslaught Six @ 08/18/2003 08:28 PM EST
I was at the golf club where I work (in Hilton Head, SC) and I was watching it on the TVs in the clubhouse. Then I handed out more electrically-powered carts. Power is cool.
It's times like this (and don't get me wrong, I LOVE New York and plan to live there one day when I can afford $3500 a month rent for Downtown Manhattan) that I'm reminded of the Simpsons episode where it's Homer vs. the City of New York.
"Marge, New York is a Hellhole. And you know how I feel about Hellholes."
Chestnuts roasted by "Oh Homer, of course you'll have a bad impression of New York if you only focus on the Pimps and ther CHUDS" @ 08/18/2003 08:54 PM EST
wow........!!!!!nuts i say.
Chestnuts roasted by Crazy_1 @ 08/18/2003 09:28 PM EST
Wow VH1? Im not gonna tell you not to sell out man. Make some money and live it up a little!
As for the power outage, Ive been without power for 2 days before. I dont see what the big deal is. Except for the lack of rioting. That was cool.
Chestnuts roasted by felixecho @ 08/18/2003 09:47 PM EST
My whale pic hasent been posted yet, even after several weeks :(
Chestnuts roasted by Phroday @ 08/18/2003 11:16 PM EST
Hey I'm from Staten Island too, but I was on vacation in Amish country when the blackout hit. There's a whole lot of irony in that but I'm too lazy to find it.
Chestnuts roasted by Darkzeid @ 08/19/2003 12:03 AM EST
Reading is fun
Chestnuts roasted by blankman @ 08/19/2003 01:19 PM EST
Abacus What up? I'm in Memphis too. Most people at work didn't have power for a week, some for two weeks. I was laughing when I saw Cleveland or Cincinatti or something had a curfew and closed down town. I don't think Memphis even had a curfew on the first night. I'm glad to be down here where everything is so easy going and you don't have to share your streets with 2 billion people on foot that rely on electricity to commute.
Chestnuts roasted by klatubaradanikto @ 08/19/2003 08:31 PM EST
I was *this* close to getting ice cream - then -ooo- all the machines shut off...
Thinking the stupid ice cream girls dont know how to flip a breaker, I walk outside in search of another ice cream place..
To find the power off...for miles and miles and miles..
And no xbox for me..least the bong dont need no freakin electricity.
Chestnuts roasted by poop @ 08/20/2003 12:31 AM EST
I was with Clark making babies.
Chestnuts roasted by Lana Lang @ 08/20/2003 03:44 AM EST
Watching T.V. is more funner.
Chestnuts roasted by El Vez @ 08/20/2003 09:55 AM EST
A-Ring-Ting-Ting
Chestnuts roasted by Sneddon @ 08/20/2003 02:27 PM EST
