Anyone from Portland?
Anyone from Portland that's read the book and found out new cool things about the area that you didn't know before? Or found new places?
Rob
When did the future stop being a promise and become a threat?
Cool 
I really fancied seeing the old timber road, but probablly never will 
I'd have to go and have a look at the spot where Chuck got beat up too. That's probably me being morbid though
Rob
When did the future stop being a promise and become a threat?
Is that your real teddy bear?
"I've never caught a jewel thief before. It's very stimulating."
Frances Stevens, To Catch a Thief
"Jeff, you know if someone came in here, they wouldn't believe what they'd see? You and me with long faces plunged into despair because we find out a man didn't kill his wife. We're two of the most frightening ghouls I've ever known."
Lisa Fremont, "Rear Window"
The one that I wanna see is.......Gleall castle I think it's called. The one with no straight edges and such. I just hafta find the time to hunt it down...
Mother Superior: "Would sir care for a starter? Some garlic bread perhaps?"
Renton: "No, thank you. I'll proceed directly to the intravenous injection of hard drugs, please."
There's just never enough room for all the quotes that seem necessary.
I just finished the book today and I think the underground tunnels would be awesome. Plus, you gotta have a look for Chucks tonsills
Jordie - no, it's Bungle the Bear offf of the old Rainbow kids TV show!
When did the future stop being a promise and become a threat?
i'm going to the zoo in August, maybe i'll check out the animals he mentions. But i'm actually trying to put aside time to check out everything i possibly can that he mentioned in the book.
It's wierd. I disliked Oregon so much i wanted to move, but now i'll have to reconsider.
The day the book came out I called Mike Jones to see about booking a tunnel tour. They've been suspended until further notice. The problem about those tours is the tunnel entrances are located beneath normal operating businesses. This isn't the first time Mike has had to pull the plug on the tours until a new business could be found who'd be willing to let him drag 10-15 people down into their basement.
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"And not only is it a sin against God but it can give you germs too!"
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Everything will go smoothly this week, except for the part with the
monkeys and the cream pies.
I wish someone could find out some interesting things about the place I live! I wonder who will be the first to find Chuck tonsilles (can't soell that, I know)
When did the future stop being a promise and become a threat?
i was born in Portland... but i haven't been back in quite a while.
My ex-grilfriend is frome there and my friend lives there now.
I was here. Then I wasn't. Then I was again.
im from portland, and since my family has done everything under the sun.. no not really fuck, my uncle used to work at "antiwue power land" the thing about rooster rock, i didnt know. and some of the ghost stories. the castle and the self-cleaning house id heard of but never been to
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“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
A couple of friends and I were talking about going downtown for the tunnel tour last week after work. Then we decided to go eat at an Indian place in Beaverton instead. Then one of my friends called my cell to say his truck wouldn't start. So none of us went anywhere that was featured in Fugitives and Refuges that day. But at least I got this great story out of the deal instead.
"You should be able to have your chicken and blowjob too."
-- Cindy Weston
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[QUOTE=inkwell]A couple of friends and I were talking about going downtown for the tunnel tour last week after work. Then we decided to go eat at an Indian place in Beaverton instead. Then one of my friends called my cell to say his truck wouldn't start. So none of us went anywhere that was featured in Fugitives and Refuges that day. But at least I got this great story out of the deal instead.[/QUOTE]
ive always wanted to see those. but i really cant. theres no way i could ever do it, given disability.
www.triplebeard.com
http://darkroomreview.blogspot.com
“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
[QUOTE=Atomos]ive always wanted to see those. but i really cant. theres no way i could ever do it, given disability.[/QUOTE]
Clausterphobia, or mobility? (If it's cool to ask).
"You should be able to have your chicken and blowjob too."
-- Cindy Weston
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[QUOTE=inkwell]Clausterphobia, or mobility? (If it's cool to ask).[/QUOTE]
mobility. im in a wheelchair. and even with all of my lunacy, and that of my friends (bless them) who wont let me sit anything out. i dont see any way to get down there. and once there, its a mess of busted glass, or so i have heard.
www.triplebeard.com
http://darkroomreview.blogspot.com
“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
Maybe the tunnel tours won't work out. How much of the other stuff in Fugitives and Refugees can you get to, time and money permitting?
"You should be able to have your chicken and blowjob too."
-- Cindy Weston
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[QUOTE=inkwell]Maybe the tunnel tours won't work out. How much of the other stuff in Fugitives and Refugees can you get to, time and money permitting?[/QUOTE]
all of it.. or at least give it a hell of a try.
www.triplebeard.com
http://darkroomreview.blogspot.com
“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
They could pull you on a tobaggan or strap you to the back of a really strong retarded kid. Lead him wiht a candy bar on a fisihing rod.
Finding interesting things to do in any city is possible, it just takes a certain type of person. Here is a link to a club I used to be part of many years ago. The adventures were certainly wonderful and enlightening but as they became more about mapping uniform tunel systems I lost interest. Urban ruins are my thing!. I've found some interesting things to do in my new home town but I don't have the drive it takes to actually leave the house and do this anymore. Sooner or later I need to explore the remnants of the old Studebaker factory and adjacent industrial refuse. Been meaning to for months.
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Three cheers for violence.
I have some relatives (Uncle and wife and his children) that live in Portland. I always knew it was a different place, but I brought the book down with me last time I went to visit and my uncle and I had a great time checking out some of the spots mentioned in the book.
i'm not from portland but i did spend a little time there last summer.
i checked for the ghost at Powell's and didn't see anything except a woman sitting next to the fountain whom i sensed was also waiting for him.
i also checked out one of the ... "clubs" he mentioned. i won't say anything more about that.
I live in Portland, and I went to high school at Metropolitan Learning Center. I was so disappointed because the year after I graduated Chuck came for project week and did a workshop. My friend Rachel was in that class and she was quoted in the book! I was so jealous...
Using Chuck's book as my guide to PDX, I've met Darcelle-drag queen and wandered the streets with book in hand meeting fellow Chuck fans.
yeah, actually. The day after F&R came out, my friend and I decided to check out a couple places.
We went to the World's Largest 10 Commandments, which is actually on my old synagogue building, I just never knew that all that hebrew was the 10 Commandments.
We also went to Leprechaun Park, which is right near my dad's office, which I also never knew about.
And, we went to the "Haunted" Heathman Hotel, and were asking people about the photograph and hauntings and such. The waitress seemed quite surprised to hear people asking about it, cuz she hadn't heard about it in at least 6 years she said.
And... yeah. That was our adventure.
Mother Superior: "Would sir care for a starter? Some garlic bread perhaps?"
Renton: "No, thank you. I'll proceed directly to the intravenous injection of hard drugs, please."
There's just never enough room for all the quotes that seem necessary.