Well, the dreaded Year 2,000 hac come and gone and the dreaded Y2K bug has been squashed in its egg. All of the hand-wringing, supply hoarding, and general silliness has pretty much died, although a few die-hards are still trying to keep the embers glowing by saying that a lot of problems will not surface for months. Whatever. This shall all be filed under the Internet Collapse, the Ice Age, El Nino, Global Warming, and Roswell as cases of unmitigated B.S.
So, Jesus didn't come back, the missiles didn't fly, the lights didn't go out, and everything is pretty much like it was before. On the bright side, most people didn't seem to get too riled up. As always, it was a handful of nutcases making fools of themselves for the enjoyment of the rest of us. The ONE thing I was concerned about was terrorists blowing stuff up, but thanks to either the skill of our law enforcement agencies or the ineptitude of the bombers by getting caught or using non-Y2K compliant computers, there were no such incidents. Kinda boring, really. It was fun, though, screaming that the air was not Y2K compliant when it exploded into fireworks.
I spent the penultimate New Year's of the century in the home of my college buddies. All in all, I had more fun than I thought I would have. It was a little weirder than I anticipated, too. One of my previously purely platonic (more alliteration!) friends hung upon me quite ruthlessly even though her boyfriend, who I think is pretty cool, too, was there. I'm not really sure what the deal was, but I didn't score, so it's rather immaterial. I also got nice and tanked, so the evening was simply beautiful.
Then I visited both sets of grandparents and finally made it home to my still-working computer. Holidays are starting to piss me off. It's not that I'm opposed to receiving presents or getting wasted, it's ALL THE DAMN DRIVING! Between the tolls and gas, it costs me $50 and ten hours to make a round trip. That's a pain in the ass no matter how you count it. Thank God Christmas and New Year's only occur in one horrid month.
At least my cranial implant was compliant.
