Mike Bush wants to have fun. Lots of fun. Nothing and I mean nothing will stop him. Not even street lights. But one fine day, Mike Bush decided to take fun into his own hands and bombarded the summer '98 fun crew with not one, not two, but 23 thousand and two emails outlining fun events for the weekend of the 18th of July two years prior to the great computer crash caused by the millenium bug. whatever. Here is a sample of what Mike sent:
On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Michael Bush wrote: > Hows this sound? > Weather dependendt... > We could barbeque on the roof of the frat and/or play around by the river > in the grass. We could do that on Sat. > > Friday night my cousin is singing in front of Fanueil Hall. He is in an > Accopella group but he's real good. They sing songs like summer of 69. > > Another idea is that if there is enough interest we could throw a party at > the frat. We have a kickass sound system and cds. But you have to let me > know ahead of time for that one. > > I'll try to come up with some more stuff to. Are the Red Sox going to be > in town this weekend? > > Bushman > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > > Anytime you try to win everything, > you must be willing to lose everything. > -- Larry Csonka > > Mike Bush > 99 Bay State Road > Boston, MA 02215 > (617) 266-9272 > mbush@fas.harvard.edu > or > mbush@exapps.com > http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mbush
and that is only the start. The hit counter for Sidewalk.com must have been off the roof that Friday as Mike scanned for stuff to do from all corners fo Boston, Dorchester, and Lambda Chi Alpha.The wily Joel Tetreault reacted to the barrage with countermeasures of his own:
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 11:51:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Joel TetreaultTo: Mike Bush Cc: Amy deIpolyi , Doug Lin , Heather Stroud , Kate Ousley , laura j cutler , Suzanna Subject: weekend fun hooray!!!! hey everybody! is anyone up for throwing Mike Bush through a plate glass window? that's at 7:30. Then at 8:00 we can bombard his inbox with 100 emails saying "your email made my day." That sounds like fun! I am soooo excited! And the best part is its FREE! sof
Surprisingly, many people on the mailing list were up for this option:
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 14:19:39 -0400 From: filips@bc.edu To: Joel Tetreault, Mike Bush Cc: Amy deIpolyi , Doug Lin , Heather Stroud , Kate Ousley , laura j cutler , Suzanna Subject: Re: weekend fun hooray!!!! I like Joel's idea best of all. Sorry Mike, I'm going away this weekend. I'm leaving tonight but I'll be back on Sunday. However, keep sending me updates. I love going to my in box and seeing 10 new messages. Suzanna Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 22:04:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Kate Ousley To: Joel Tetreault Cc: Mike Bush , Amy deIpolyi , Doug Lin , Heather Stroud , laura j cutler , Suzanna Subject: Re: weekend fun hooray!!!! this is the first thing i have been excited about so far. thanks joel! kate
unfortunately as it turned out, Joel Tetreault, so elated that two girls had emailed him in the same day without the subject being "I don't know who you are, or who Morceli is, so let's just be friends" jumped out of his seat and fell through a plate glass window. That is what it feels like when Doves Cry.Of course that didn't happen until after some misunderstanding with the Kate OUsley. She lives in Northeastern. People shoot guns outside her window every night. Yes that was a non-sequitir. Here is the imbroglio that ensued:
Joel: > > > hey everybody! is anyone up for throwing Mike Bush through a plate glass > > > window? that's at 7:30. Then at 8:00 we can bombard his inbox with 100 > > > emails saying "your email made my day." That sounds like fun! I am soooo > > > excited! And the best part is its FREE! Kate: > > this is the first thing i have been excited about so far. thanks joel! > > kate SOF: > hey babe come over to my place and you'll be even MORE excited hint hint > hint... > > :) > > > secretary of fun Kate: joel, was that a general invite for everyone, or just me? SOF: Kate Ousley you are a dirty dirty girl, to think that I would be propositioning you for "action" or maybe "some play." how dare you demean my good name with such impurity and impunity! here here ok how does 1:00 Saturday night sound? y'all can come over too. Joel (who is stopping all email now....going to the Bow)
as you can see, it was all initiated by that vixen Kate Ousley....
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