Weekend Discussion
What are you "Late to the Party" with?
- Garnett Lee: Less time than I'd like for gaming this weekend but when I get to I'll be continuing my trek in the Witcher, getting started with PixelJunk Shooter 2, and maybe going a few rounds with Fight Night Champion.
- Alice O'Connor: On Saturday evening I'll be seeing Troll 2 and its retrospective documentary, Best Worst Movie. I imagine I shall then, with my mind blown, dissemble into my constituent parts until the cruel Monday light stings my photoreceptors, and by sheer force of will I knit sinew, flesh and bone into human form so I can work while Americans frolick in the sunshine wearing Daisy Dukes, bikinis on top.
- Xav de Matos: I see some Dead Space 2 and DC Universe Online in my future.
- Jeff Mattas: A three-day weekend with no major plans! Hooray! I'll be doing my best to jam through The Witcher, another Mass Effect 2 playthrough (for DLC), and a bit more Dead Space 2 on Zealot. Maybe I'll fire up some Blur too, in memoriam.
- Steve Watts: I've spent the last few nights being made to feel dumb in You Don't Know Jack, and I plan to continue doing so for the foreseeable future. Plus I'll be playing some Tactics Ogre on the PSP; it's like the Final Fantasy Tactics sequel I always wanted but never had.
- Ozzie Mejia: Playing Marvel vs. Capcom 3 all weekend. Captain America, Akuma, Iron Man! I bring it!
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RollyCoasters with Dognose
I see no rain here in So Cal! This is gonna be an amazing day! The goggle squad will be riding to rolly coasters!-
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http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=droidUpload_w93pett52qmoj87cq1mi.jpg
That's what I'm seeing right now in Compton. Clear skies!
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Yeah you've really seen it grow. I lived on Caraway Lane right next to Saugus High when I was born in 1984, and moved to the Valencia area in 1987. I worked at Arroyo Seco for 3 years up until this last summer doing IT work for the Hart District, now I'm over at Placerita and Rancho Pico (the new Jr. High up in West Ridge).
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OMG OMG tinfoilhatter and entropy gived me a Left 4 Dead hoodie with a medkit on the back :O
http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_vmbedgym8a6q6je2v7f7.jpg-
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but i had no idea this was a... thing http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hover%20Hand
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These people are stuck on this rollycoaster and they were yelling we're stuck help us and so I took this picture
http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_dx11kx676mcjuvgsfhli.jpg
People were yelling at them YOU'RE SCREWED and Borzoi friend yelled SEE YOU ON YOU TUBE as we walked away -
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Me, Steph, and the boys had a fantastic time meeting everyone! Too bad the weather didn't work out for this Shackmeet, but that just gives us an excuse to have the next one! I had a great time, and look forward to doing this again!
Oh, and thanks to Megara for sharing her umbrella and borzoi for holding my stuff while I was brutally assaulted by the rain on Batman! I think I'm still a bit soaked! -
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Here's Tiki Ti's website:
http://www.tiki-ti.com/pages/home.html
It's so tiny, though - a Shackmeet the same size as last night would be standing only and fill up about half the place. A Shackchickmeet would be another story, on the other hand. ;)
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Had an AWESOME time:
* OverloadUT and wife are fun and were really enjoyable to carpool with
* Rolly coasters!
* Hugging dognose!
* Having tinfoilhatter take video of me in my ski goggles on Goliath (hopefully to be posted soon)
* Rain = no lines!
* Free tickets to Magic Mountain in compensation for the park closing early
* Awesome Korean food and alcohol for cheap, good choice Borzoi
* Meeting Portax, mr.sleepy, and other Shackers I'd never met
* Punching mr.sleepy (you owe me laurgasms)
* Punching mr.sleepy some more for the camera
* Getting hugged, stroked, hit on, pelvic-thrusted, and other highly disturbing attention from sparkly
Yay! Let's do it again! I have a free pass, I'll come down a second time. -
COASTER VIDEOS!
tinfoilhatter took these. Didn't turn out too well, but YOU try taking video while on a roller coaster pulling crazy G forces!
X2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCG1xPcE6og
First coaster of the day. Unfortunately this cuts off right as the fist drop happens because of accidentally triggering the record button :(
Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfg3vrMLd-Y
Coaster #3. Less intense than a lot of others but still fun. In front: me on the left (joking about cutting the video off at the beginning), caoster007 on the right (noting that the Log Jammer is running near the end). Behind: sparkly (flicks camera off at end) and Choppp.
Goliath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDOd5gfVpD0
Featuring me in full rain gear! Ski goggles are a fashion statement. tinfoilhatter is the woman in black and white doing the actual shooting; skitzo next to her. Crazy G forces + accidentally zooming in during the initial drop == hard to get a good picture, but there's a nice scream on that first drop :)
Restaurant afterwards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY4PCwj-lzk
After most of the food and liquor was gone. Visible as the video starts, L-R: DianeOfTheMoon, Megara9, Megara9's S.O. (not a Shacker), caoster007 (getting very drunk); near side of table is sparkly, head in hand. When sparkly pulls his head up dognose is in the corner hiding behind his shirt. Then revealed clockwise from him are Borzoi and her two friends (not Shackers). As the camera pans left: BlackCat9; OverloadUT; OverloadUT's wife Caitlin (did I spell that right?). -
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First shackmeet = great success. I didn't catch all your names, especially those who just went to SixFlaggs, or got there late or left early.
The Korean place was lots of fun, I drank a bit too much on an empty stomach. I hope I did not offend anyone or throw up on them. Or if I did, I did so in a charming and endearing manner. -
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PHOTOS
All credit for these photos goes to my wife, Miresse
First of all, this pretty much sums up the Shackmeet:
http://greglaabs.com/photos/MMShackmeet2011/WhatHappensAtShackmeets.jpg
Zero|DPX gets caught in the middle of a tender moment between Sparkly and mr.sleepy
http://greglaabs.com/photos/MMShackmeet2011/MMShackmeet01.jpg
Borzoi, friends, and Sparkly enjoy smoke and drink:
http://greglaabs.com/photos/MMShackmeet2011/MMShackmeet02.jpg
Half of dognose is hiding behind caoster007 (right?)
http://greglaabs.com/photos/MMShackmeet2011/MMShackmeet03.jpg
mr.sleepy on the right and OH GOD I FORGOT WHO YOU ARE I AM SORRY on the left
http://greglaabs.com/photos/MMShackmeet2011/MMShackmeet04.jpg
Sparkly eying Zero|DPX
http://greglaabs.com/photos/MMShackmeet2011/Sparkly.jpg-
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then who is this http://kapisanan.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/renaldo-lapuz12.jpg
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Looks like dognose just finished playing the hard rain campaign.
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http://tinfoilhatter.imgur.com/rolly_coasters_with_dognose#xhCUY
mr sleepy is trying to get a better view of that cleavage!
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