We're back up, again. In a nutshell, here's what happened:
As you may know, 9622.net and blogfucker.com are loosely related. They're on the same server and they share some of the same MovableType install. When I upgraded everything on the 9622 side, I neglected to do so on the blogfucker side. Last night, I made an entry to blogfucker, and everything over here went BOOM.
It turned out to be a small problem with permissions. I still don't understand exactly how it happened. But it's fixed now, at least for the moment. I still have to upgrade the blogfucker side of things, and I can't guarantee that won't affect things over here. If you come back to find the site is down, or if you find you can't add entries or comments, that's what happened. I'll let everyone know when we're out of the woods on this.
In the meantime, please carry on doing what you're doing. Flinging stuff, impersonating deities or fictional characters from Monkees songs, etc.
Posted by jpoulos at October 17, 2002 10:24 AMI'm sitting my chapped assless down right here and I'm not moving.
Posted by: anathema on October 17, 2002 10:36 AMMaybe impersonating deities is what got you into this in the first place. ;-)
Posted by: b****fire on October 17, 2002 10:58 AMNah, neither am I!
Yay, Lupo! I confess I never thought 9622 would be back so quickly.
*warm glow passes/smacks Lupo*
That'll teach ya! Don't go neglecting blogfucker again! ;)
Posted by: Miguel on October 17, 2002 10:58 AMJeez. If I had known there would be this much downtime I never would have paid the membership fee to join this place.
Posted by: pardon me on October 17, 2002 11:05 AMThat Lupo! He's totally terrific.
*Another Pleasant Valley Sundayyy*
Blogfucker has been upgraded, apparently without affecting this site at all. I've also completely separated the two sites (at least as far as MT is concerned. they still share the same server.) so this shouldn't happen again.
now, if i didn't mess anything up when i brought 9622 back, we should be all set. IF.
Posted by: jpoulos on October 17, 2002 11:16 AMLast night, I made an entry to blogfucker, and everything over here went BOOM*splat*.
PS your buttons are missing, link bold italic, they do work yet you have them labeled as: . . ]
Posted by: Thomcatspike on October 17, 2002 11:20 AMLast night, I made an entry to blogfucker, and everything over here went BOOM*splat*.
PS your buttons are missing, link bold italic, they do work yet you have them labeled as: . . ]
Posted by: Thomcatspike on October 17, 2002 11:20 AMThe dammit thing probably won't go away, but it may get a little better (or a little worse) depending on the strain mysql puts on the server, compared to the old db.
Posted by: jpoulos on October 17, 2002 11:43 AMThe Dammit ThingTM is a registered trademark. Cease and desist all usage immediately!
Posted by: Movable Type on October 17, 2002 12:12 PMIt was also one of the less successful Sisters of Mercy tunes.
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 17, 2002 12:20 PMSo, you're stranded on an uncharted desert isle and you have two options for a companion:
a) Vanilla Ice
b) MC Hammer
c) I said two options, not three.
What do you choose?
Posted by: witchstone on October 17, 2002 12:21 PMIt was also one of the less successful Sisters of Mercy tunes.
It went to #1 in Germany, though.
Posted by: witchstone on October 17, 2002 12:22 PMDoes MC Hammer still have all that weird greasy shit in his hair? That's got to be really flammable. I choose him.
Posted by: dong on October 17, 2002 12:31 PMI choose Hammer.
It just might be fun to say "You can't touch this" to him every time he asked for a bite of my coconut.
Of course, he would not think it was fun, but whatever.
Vanilla Ice, because his real last name is "Van Winkle." Which would provide endless hours of entertainment.
Posted by: pardon me on October 17, 2002 12:37 PMAnd Hammer's baggy pants might make for a good flotation device, although Vanilla Ice was a jet-ski racer for a while so there's that.
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 17, 2002 12:39 PMI don't think the jet ski is relevant. The cannibalism is relevant, but the jet ski just ain't.
Posted by: tizzie on October 17, 2002 12:42 PMOK, Mrs. Smarty Damn Pants, what if there was a giant jet-ski factory on the island? And what if there was a race to see who would get off the island, and Vanilla Ice won, because he's a bad ass jet skiier, and then he let me get off the island instead of him because he's not very bright, and I promaised him some magical beans?
Bet you didn't think of that, did you? Well? Did you?
And also, there would probably be giant WWII floating mines in the lagoon, which would help.
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 17, 2002 12:47 PM[tasteless, potentially offensive but not intended to be so]
If cannibalism is your main consideration, your choice will probably depend on whether you prefer light or dark meat.
[/tasteless, potentially offensive but not intended to be so]
Posted by: pardon me on October 17, 2002 12:57 PMYou can always count on Jeff to go to the place you thought about going but then thought the better of it.
Thank you for fighting the good fight, brother.
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 17, 2002 12:59 PMOK, you listen, Mr. Jet Ski Factory on the uncharted desert isle, not bloody likely. What if I found a natural source of helium gas on the island, and I inflated Hammer's pants, and flew past your sorry sunburned waitin' for a jet ski that's never gonna come ass? See, two can play at that game!!!!
Posted by: tizzie on October 17, 2002 01:07 PMI'd choose Mr. Van Winkle. Ultimately for the shallow fact that he's the hottest of the two. Although the jetski thing would be a good reason except for the fact that it was Motorcross.
Posted by: witchstone on October 17, 2002 01:08 PMYou can always count on Jeff to go to the place you thought about going but then thought the better of it.
Yeah, I tend to have a problem with that "thinking the better of it" part. It's fun to hit the "POST" button thinking: "I wonder who's going to try to ban me for this one?"
Posted by: pardon me on October 17, 2002 01:09 PMAnd what about melting down all of Hammer's gold jewelry to forge some Really Important Rescue Thingy? Guess nobody thought of THAT yet! Except ME!
Posted by: tizzie on October 17, 2002 01:12 PM"But then it suddenly melted, and Van Winkle took to the water as a jet-ski
racer."
http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/h2s/whatever.html
Don't EVEN mess with me.
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 17, 2002 01:15 PMHammer's way broke these days. Any jewelry he's got is plastic.
The real question is what would be more irriating, Ice's bitching about he wishes he had some "mad blizzunts", or Hammer's incessant yammering about Jesus.
Posted by: jpoulos on October 17, 2002 01:21 PMDon't EVEN mess with me.
Wow, somebody knows a *little* too much about Vanilla Ice.
Posted by: witchstone on October 17, 2002 01:23 PMYeah well...
I see jam master jay flying different places, we conversate and we laugh about years ago,
You can have your jet ski, but at least I'll have somebody to conversate with.
If only I could build a temple to Vanilla Ice, made from my own skin, teeth and fingernail clippings, I would do it.
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 17, 2002 01:27 PMIf only I could build a temple to Vanilla Ice, made from my own skin, teeth and fingernail clippings, I would do it.
Ha! You are too late, because I have already begun! Didn't you notice that patch of skin missing from above your left buttock? Or the strangely empty trash half an hour after you clipped your nails? Perhaps the missing molar (after your trip to the "dentist") has come to your attention?
Yes, I have done these deeds and more.
Posted by: witchstone on October 17, 2002 01:51 PMi once built a shrine to gerardo for an unfortunate friend who once mentioned that she thought he was 'cute'.
Posted by: goneill on October 17, 2002 01:52 PMAnd here I thought it was skin-harvesting elves the whole time!
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 17, 2002 01:53 PMI too once built a shrine to Geraldo.
Oh, c'mon, somebody had to say it.
Posted by: tizzie on October 17, 2002 01:57 PMI once saw Gerardo and his entourage hanging in a club in Daytona Beach, FL. The guy is about 5'2".
And, yes, I had him sign my ass.
Posted by: jpoulos on October 17, 2002 01:59 PMI was gonna say something about that molar, honest. It's fookin cute.
Posted by: tizzie on October 17, 2002 02:01 PMYou know, the real point of all this is the silent acknowledgement that today's white rappers are bogus shitheels (Yeah, I'm looking at you, Eminem, you little turdburglar!)
Wherefore art thou, 3rd Bass??
Posted by: Unclefes on October 17, 2002 02:08 PMMine is way cuter.
Is it just me, or does that tooth look like a bald Mary Hart in frilly panties?
Posted by: Unclefes on October 17, 2002 02:10 PMEminem is the best white rapper in history, whether he burgles turds or not.
Posted by: jpoulos on October 17, 2002 02:10 PMdoes that tooth look like a bald Mary Hart in frilly panties?
Nah. Timmy's way sexier, Fes.
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 17, 2002 02:12 PM*presents note excusing self from Eminem discussion*
Posted by: kafkaesque on October 17, 2002 02:14 PM*gasp*
I'm sorry, Unclefes, having once played Juliet, I cannot let this rest.
[Shakespeare lecture] Wherefore means why, not where. On the balcony, Juliet is questioning why he has to be Romeo (and therefore a Montague), not where he is. [/Shakespeare lecture]
As to the question of 3rd Bass, I saw them on VH-1 a few months ago. Some history of rap thing, where everyone was saying how Vanilla Ice almost destroyed rap. So they are, apparently, still alive.
Posted by: witchstone on October 17, 2002 02:15 PMJP, I hear that told, but damned if I can see it. His licks are shit and his rhymes are juvenalia.
He has SERIOUSLY got to turn off the fucking metronome in the background of EVERY SONG.
In other news, I'm rethinking my opinion of Avril Livongne on the basis of Sk8tr Boi
:D
Posted by: Unclefes on October 17, 2002 02:15 PMThe "wherefore" thing is a HUGE pet peeve of mine. I saw it misused on the cover of magazine last week.
I'm gonna write a letter...
Posted by: jpoulos on October 17, 2002 02:21 PMSo they are, apparently, still alive.
*Waits patiently for a remix of "Pop Goes The Weasel"*
*also rethinks apparently inflated self-image as a moderately skilled wordsmith*
Posted by: Unclefes on October 17, 2002 02:24 PMConsider me chastened, milady!
Just the way I like you!
Eminem is the best white rapper in history, whether he burgles turds or not.
Well, really, if his competition is Vanilla Ice and Snow, what's the big deal. If, however, you include the Beastie Boys in this, I must protest. They don't take themselves so damn seriously. Which, in the end, makes them more real. Plus, there's the whole angle of Eminem vs. Slim Shady. If Slim Shady is doing a lot of the work, well then.
His licks are shit
This means his licks are lackluster, in contrast to "His licks are THE shit," which means that his licks are incomparable. Am I correct?
Debbie Harry is the best white rapper, hands down. I mean, have you heard that Rapture song?
Posted by: witchstone on October 17, 2002 02:28 PMDammit, I forgot the Beasties. I take back what I said. I was really just being provocative anyway.
Posted by: jpoulos on October 17, 2002 02:31 PMWhat Witchstone said (as always, milady). The Beastie Boys were, imo, never really *rap* per se, and when they were it was frat rap (at it's best). And as they matured (relatively speaking), they got better while moving graudally away from the frat rap they started with.
And sorry Tizzie, I'm over 30, (and just lately, over 35) so shit = lackluster. I just don't like the little pecker.
Now Brian Austin Green... that boy's got talent!
Posted by: Unclefes on October 17, 2002 02:36 PMDammit, I forgot the Beasties. I take back what I said. I was really just being provocative anyway.
**Puts pistols back in holsters**
You got lucky, punk.
Posted by: Ufez Jones on October 17, 2002 02:43 PMI never pictured the wee Marshall Mathers as a turd burglar, I always saw him more as a farmer.
Posted by: Crash on October 17, 2002 03:42 PMand when they were it was frat rap (at it's best).
Well, technically, that's "its best," not "it's best." Just, you know, a pet peeve of mine. I once played an apostrophe.
Posted by: pardon me on October 17, 2002 03:49 PM*smacks own head with virgin copy of Strunk and White*
Posted by: Unclefes on October 17, 2002 04:17 PM*smacks own head with virgin copy of Strunk and White*
Ouch! Don't do that, I was just trying to be funny. (Luckily it's just a wee book). I shoulda used one of them crazy smiley face things the kids are using these days.
Posted by: pardon me on October 17, 2002 04:51 PMI must agree that the Beasties kick the shit out of VanillaSnowInem.
I'd like to be at a party with the Beasties and Kid Rock though I don't think I'd live through it.
(damn witchy, you gots all these guys actin like little bitchez... what's up with that?)
Posted by: tj on October 17, 2002 05:50 PMBob Dylan is the best white rapper.
Oh, and I'd take Hammer, because we could have fun singing "Ebony and Ivory."
Posted by: ColdChef on October 17, 2002 06:42 PMRobbie Van Winkle,I work with guys who knew him in high school, hehehe, got his ass kicked by Willis, I'll take Hammer, on an Island as I hopethink he will "hammer time" all the work for me.
PS, Robbie was hot shit in Dallas, truley was for a spell which he earned then he lied about being from the hood, Miami, his down fall.
Posted by: Thomcatspike on October 17, 2002 07:10 PMI'd like to be at a party with the Beasties and Kid Rock though I don't think I'd live through it.
sorry teej, but the beasties don't party anymore. they've mellowed out quite a bit over the years (hell, they're approaching 40!). That said they're still one of my all time faves. Not the frat boy stuff that Fes spoke of, but the Check Your Head/Ill Communication, etc. days. Check Your Head is definitely in my all time top 3 albums (depending on my mood). Love it love it love it.
drag, I still think of them from back in the day I guess.
Posted by: tj on October 17, 2002 11:06 PMParty hat! Come back, party hat! I didn't mean to throw you down like that. I was drubk!
Posted by: witchstone on October 18, 2002 09:24 AMJust taking a quick poll:
The timeouts and double posts are happening much less frequently, no?
Posted by: jpoulos on November 4, 2002 11:18 AMYeh, it's been pretty good lately.
Looks like the goat sacrifice worked!
Posted by: kafkaesque, esq. on November 4, 2002 11:33 AMThat was a goat? I thought it was Iphigenia.
Well, it was dark!
Posted by: witchstone on November 4, 2002 12:15 PMI haven't said 'dammit' in weeks, Lupo - at least not about anything here. By george, I think you fixed it.
Posted by: tizzie on November 4, 2002 12:47 PMAnd I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...
but you haven't heard the last of me.
bwa ha ha ha
Posted by: the server on November 4, 2002 12:56 PMI was just entering data about a Metal band called "Godiva."
For some reason, if you say "Godiva" over and over in an Australian accent it becomes incredibly funny.
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