My week
While I'm not sure if anybody really cares, I'm going to tell you all about how awesome my last week has been. Last Tuesday I took off for SoCal to visit a friend in Clairmont. Spent a day at Magic Mountain, home of X, the worlds most amazing roller coaster; spent the next night getting my party on; and the next day at Coachella, a huge 2-day music festival I caught half of. Radiohead was rumored to play there, but were a no-show unless they played under some obscure name in the smallest tent that I never heard of. I got to see at least part of South, The Mooney Suzuki, Idlewild, Ben Kweller, Gomez, The Rapture, Badly Drawn Boy, Kinky, Ladytron, N*E*R*D, The Hives, Groove Armada, Blur, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, and The Beastie Boys. Absolutely incredible. I have to say that Ben Harper was the highlight of my day, but most of the other guys were pretty good too. Not too shabby, especially considering that they were $90 tickets we got for about $15. It's all about who you know. Anyway, for those of you who were curious, there you go.
My attempt to salvage this into a real thread, anybody ever been to any killer music festivals? Who headlined? What was the highlight of your experience?
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Rents [/i]
[B] Spent a day at Magic Mountain, home of X, the worlds most amazing roller coaster [/B][/QUOTE]
I guess you have never been to Sandusky, Ohio home of Cedar Point which houses some of the best coasters built i.e. Mean Streak, Raptor, Magnum, and Millenium Force.
thus. thus. i hate the word thus. it's as antiquated a word as there can be.
Thus, you are gay.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by disx [/i]
[B]Thus, you are gay. [/B][/QUOTE]
hahahaha
TSB, oh no, my friend, unless you're telling me that a roller coaster more thrilling than one in which the seats flip around while the ride is in motion exists, I doubt it. This ride was amazing. You go up the incline on your back, hit a fake dip, and when you catch the lip of the real drop, you flip so you're facing the ground and practically free fall for a few seconds. I nearly pissed my pants, certainly lost my breath for a few moments.
yaaaaay rents isn't dead...school hasn't killed him...he likes ben harper...and is a rollercoaster aficionado...i've certainly cared where you've been.
i've been to too many festivals, my friend, the best of the best being bonnaroo '02. it's hard to say who headlined, because there were so many groups there (including ben harper.) it was 3 days long, and i doubt i caught a 1/3 of what was going on. did you see n.e.r.d? if yes, how was it?
speaking of rollercoasters, anyone see the new superman 'coaster at 6 flags? totally sick. can't wait to go 
p.s. disx, you keep bitchin about these crutches....but i still don't know how you were injured in the first place.
you goddam lucky motherfucker- i love you. coachella, how good. ladytron, how good.
*major jealousy*
life's pretty straight without vidalia :You_Rock_
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by moe.ron [/i]
[B]did you see n.e.r.d? if yes, how was it?
speaking of rollercoasters, anyone see the new superman 'coaster at 6 flags? totally sick. can't wait to go [/B][/QUOTE]
I only caught part of them, but what I heard was good. I hadn't really listened to them prior to the fest, but plan on downloading a few songs soon enough. Superman was at Magic Mountain where I went, though I didn't make it onto that one. I hear it's pretty sweet though. Be sure to bring a few pennies so when you're on your way back down, you let go of 'em and watch 'em float in front of you for a few seconds.
"p.s. disx, you keep bitchin about these crutches....but i still don't know how you were injured in the first place."
Yeah, well, that's a good thing. People always laugh when I tell 'em.
I'll leave it at this: I did something dumb, now I'm paying for it. >_<
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Rents [/i]
[B]hahahaha
TSB, oh no, my friend, unless you're telling me that a roller coaster more thrilling than one in which the seats flip around while the ride is in motion exists, I doubt it. This ride was amazing. You go up the incline on your back, hit a fake dip, and when you catch the lip of the real drop, you flip so you're facing the ground and practically free fall for a few seconds. I nearly pissed my pants, certainly lost my breath for a few moments. [/B][/QUOTE]
Well the new Top Thrill Dragster is supossed to be fucking nuts.
Heres the conry yet infomative description off the website.
[i]Cedar Point amusement park/resort will stun thrill-seekers in 2003 with the debut of the park's unprecedented 16th, yes, 16th roller coaster - Top Thrill Dragster. Reaching a stratospheric 420 feet tall and topping out at an unheard of speed of 120 mph, this new steel screamer will help Cedar Point reclaim the title of owning the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the universe.
Riders will begin their epic journey aboard this whopping 42-story screamer by securing themselves into ultra-cool trains that resemble top fuel dragsters. The train will then move into a "starting line" position, where it will launch forward, reaching speeds of 120 mph in approximately four seconds.
But hold on … this isn't your father's roller coaster. The train will then zoom straight up the 420-foot-tall hill on track that will rotate 90 degrees, crest the coaster's apex and then free fall back to Earth, reaching a speed of 120 mph for the second time. As the train races more than 400 feet to the ground, the track will twist an unbelievable 270 degrees - what a rush! Riders will then return to the station to begin regaling their friends with stories of the greatest ride of their lives. [/i]
[IMG]http://www.cedarpoint.com/images/homepageshow/composite.jpg[/IMG]
Cedar Point is sweet...i live an hour or so West of it....I love it.
"Do you have 846 pounds of zinc? I don't!" -- The Laz.
"I was almost Six On Tha Dot. What a mistake that would have been." -- Six On The Dot
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by aheffel [/i]
[B]Cedar Point is sweet...i live an hour or so West of it....I love it. [/B][/QUOTE]
Im only about 2 hours from you then. I live about 45 minutes to an hour east of it. Maybe when I get my license Ill visit you. 
are you fucking kidding me???? that sounds insane. just looking at the picture makes my stomach drop. TSB, you have to go and write a review for us. take aheffel with you
N*E*R*D rule Rents m'darling - their album actually rocks my socks off, it's a GOOD hybrid *shocking!* of everything, and pharrell is a hero - i'm so jealous you got to see them!
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by disx [/i]
[B]I'll leave it at this: I did something dumb, now I'm paying for it. >_< [/B][/QUOTE]
disx, if you can't tell your message board friends "i was dumb" stories, who CAN you tell?? c'mon, if you tell me, i'll tell you how i once sprained my ankle and was on crutches for 3 weeks...it doesn't get any dumber than that, i swear.
Let me share an anecdote that makes me look pretty dumb...
I once accidently dropped my keys in a mailbox along with some mail. well I noted the delivery times on the box and came back a little before the next mail pick. When the mail carrier arrived I told him what had happened and started to describe my rather unique keychain.
He interrupted me with "mmm, your keys are probably the only ones in there."
DOH
what a bastard. you should have said, "yeah? well nice shorts, dick!" but then he might not have given you your keys...
LOL
No, the "mmm" was him trying not to seem like a jerk. He was just wisecracking.
He told me some stories about crap people put in mailboxes to be funny...like full big gulp soda's. His recomendation was not to put mail in mailboxes unless they're in front of the post office or the pick up time is within a few hours.
According to him, you should never ever leave mail in a mailbox that will sit overnight before pick up.
He also showed me his dog bite scar.
So how about it DISX....ready to share?
in new york they actually would have arrested you, or at least called out the bomb squad. umm, yes, mr. postman, i dropped my keys in the mail box, please open it up for me. postman imagines explosion . . . calls for back up.
i always wondered what they would say if you did something like that . . . nice to know they aren't asleep at the switch.
well, that was a few years ago right around the time I used up all my AAA calls to retrieve my keys from inside my locked car...who knows how that same mail carrier would respond now.
I did lock my keys in my trunk last week but my sister drove out with spares and than we went to J.R.s BBQ for Brisket, mac & cheese and greens
where you consumed massive quantites of pork products? in addition to the brisket of course.
do you have a recipe for mac n cheese?
I just make a white sauce and fold it together with cooked macaroni and aged vermont white cheddar, top it with buttered breadcrumbs and bake.
what's in the white sauce, flour, milk, minced shallots, what?
Butter & Flour Roux
grated onion (I hate peeling shallots )
milk
salt
white pepper
sounds good. have you considered sauteeing the grated onion in bacon fat? i'm thinking it's a mac n cheese night a chez moi.
Damn, you always end up talking about food, fram, haha.
"i'll tell you how i once sprained my ankle and was on crutches for 3 weeks...it doesn't get any dumber than that, i swear."
Haha, that's pretty much what I've done. Well, I've been on 'em for 2.5 weeks so far... Who knows when I'll get off 'em. =\
I jumped off my roof, though. I mean, it was the quickest way down. Too bad the grass was all slick thanks to the dew, so I slipped and fuxed my ankle. =\
No...in that case I would mince the onion. Grating it gets the bitterness out of the onion by letting the juice run. Then you can add it to the white sauce and simmer. Instead of grating you can use a food processor and squeeze the juice out using cheesecloth.
The bacon fat sounds good. Let me know how it turns out.
I had *bacon spaghetti* for breakfast thats what my sister and I call spaghetti carbonara her kids will eat it.
food and sex are hot topics with me, disx. (great avatar btw)
yeah, pasta carbonara a la cardiac arrest. that stuff is awesome. realize you had it for breaky, but did you wash it down with any red, red wine?
Sorry to hear that disx but its not so bad. Head over to the Scars thread. Decalogue has a scar from a snorkeling accident...lol
And you know, it was the damn grasses fault, all dewy and natureful
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by framstedt [/i]
[B]
yeah, pasta carbonara a la cardiac arrest. that stuff is awesome. realize you had it for breaky, but did you wash it down with any red, red wine? [/B][/QUOTE]
No, no vino till General Hospital comes on at 2:00. God, I love being unemployed!
the mention of pasta carbonara is making my heart pump a little faster in anticipation of fatty goodness. mmmmmmmm....baaacon...
ok, as promised. i sprained my ankle playing darts at a bar. yes, i was drunk. i'm not sure what really happened, but i was trying to focus, and since my concentration was on the dart board, and not on standing upright, i lost my balance. while trying to regain my footing, i twisted my ankle.
jumping off a roof is pretty fucking stupid, though
i remember those days . . . well, i don't but my case worker does.
2 pm. that's a good rule re: drinking. but, somehwere right now it's 2pm. i say, start drinkin.'
ha, I'm no lush, I can wait 21 minutes.
*take a swig from the bottle of stoli hidden in the back of the filing cabinet* suit yourself *hiccup*
6 minutes
you gotta be drinking now!?!
well, just a white wine spritzer
that does it. i'm out for a walk. i gotta find me a bar. *unshackles wheelchair and wheels himself out of the office al la raymond burr in ironsides*
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by twosmokingbarre [/i]
[B]Well the new Top Thrill Dragster is supossed to be fucking nuts.
[IMG]http://www.cedarpoint.com/images/homepageshow/composite.jpg[/IMG] [/B][/QUOTE]
Holy shit. That looks absolutely insane. Gonna have to make a stop at Cedar Point next time I'm in Cleveland visiting the aunt and uncle. That just blows my mind looking at it. Beeeeeeautiful.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by RuByLiCiouS [/i]
[B]N*E*R*D rule Rents m'darling - their album actually rocks my socks off, it's a GOOD hybrid *shocking!* of everything, and pharrell is a hero - i'm so jealous you got to see them! [/B][/QUOTE]
I'll certainly have to check 'em out a bit more in depth then. In fact, I'll start pirating riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight NOW!
I've spent the last 2 weeks sitting on my ass cos I'm on crutches.
Thus, I hate you.
All the rest of you walkers, too. Fuckers.