Comments | hopita: Disgusted with my former self

hopita

Disgusted with my former self

Dec 23, 2003 10:05

I'm not really sure when I start saving tapes of my friends' voices. Perhaps it was sometime around 1989, when Formaldehyde* left a really funny answering machine message for my roommate's sister and I taped a copy of it (explicit details can be found here). Maybe it was after my Grandfather died, when I got a bunch of the old tapes he'd left lying ( Read more... )

mixes, me, bob herries, formaldehyde, dad, bishopjoey, grandpa, chicago, anarqueso, heroin, mom

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suewan December 23 2003, 08:09:59 UTC

I'm always totally freaked out by the sound of my voice on tape. I sound like a 5 year old! I always wonder how anyone can take me seriously with a voice like that!
Hope, if I remember correctly where you on the Performing Arts Committee board when I was PAC manager in the Fall '88? I often wonder who was on board with us when we voted on all those films and did that calendar for that year. I wonder if the trend continued after I graduated...

hopita December 23 2003, 09:01:52 UTC

Yes, well, the sound of my own voice was the least of my worries.

As for PAC, I kinda doubt it, as Fall of 1988 was my first quarter. It probably took me til Spring of 1989 to even figure out what PAC was ...

PAC or AMPAC m00nshadow December 23 2003, 19:18:44 UTC

Suewan - Are you talking about PAC (Performing Arts Committee) the committee that rubber stamped proposals from faculty members in theater, dance, music to bring performers to their classes and do campus events, or AMPAC (Antioch Motion Picture Activities Committee) the committee that picked all the films for Kelly Hall? I suspect from your description you meant AMPAC.

AMPAC was still active for years into the 90's but lost some of its luster when we installed a video projector in Kelly Hall so instead of showing real 'films' we could just throw a rented video tape in. Not sure what's happening these days. I'm pretty sure they don't do the big calendars anymore, I miss those. I bet i have a Fall '88 one in my Antioch Trunk somewhere.

-Matt

Re: PAC or AMPAC hopita December 23 2003, 20:53:01 UTC

OK, I've just got to say ...

I write this huge thread about being a junkie and the majority of responses are about AMPAC???

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Saving answering machine messages... i3uffalogirl December 23 2003, 22:02:40 UTC

My mother saved some messages that her good friend/boyfriend Jack left on our machine, and it's good that she did... he passed away about 6 months after they started dating (a few years ago), although they had been good friends for 10 years or so.

I recall sitting with her in the living room within the last couple months, reminiscing about Jack, and she was feeling rather lonely... But we listened to a couple ridiculous messages he left... he was such a crazy, charming man. Her personal favorite went something like: "Hellooo... WAKE UP!! I have eggs, I'm coming over, and you're gonna cook for me! WAKE UP!! *click*" The text doesn't do it justice. We were laughing our asses off for minutes... it was just what she needed!

My mother is so happy she has that tape. She also accidentally taped a telemarketer fucking up their little shpiel (sp?) and cursing, then hanging up. *lol* It was great.

Save away, girlfriend. ;)