Hey folks, feels like I've not talked in a long time.
Hi! What's happening?
Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Hil R. - Oct 22, 2008 9:12:07 pm PDT #8960 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
NoiseDesign - Oct 22, 2008 9:15:43 pm PDT #8961 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Been working on Halloween Horror Nights for most of the past month and a half.
d - Oct 22, 2008 9:31:11 pm PDT #8962 of 10001
It's nice to see some brave pretenders trying to make it interesting.
Dang, ND! Does it always take that much prep work for Halloween Horror Nights? I should be sleeping. I'm not. This is not a good plan.
DavidS - Oct 22, 2008 9:37:14 pm PDT #8963 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
when did they drop "devil" and become just The Rays? Where they not getting enough Baptists in the crowd or something?
This year. They changed before this first year when they didn't lose. I suspect there was some need to - not pander to but - appeal to people put off with the other name. They still have actual stingrays out in a pool behind centerfield.
NoiseDesign - Oct 22, 2008 10:01:11 pm PDT #8964 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Does it always take that much prep work for Halloween Horror Nights?
Yeah, we started installation on Sept. 10th. We did a preview night for the employees on Oct. 1 and we've been open to the public since Oct. 3. It's a pretty big event. We've been hitting 20,000+ people on many nights.
omnis_audis - Oct 22, 2008 11:05:27 pm PDT #8965 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
:: tacklehugs NoiseDesign ::
with that, I should go to bed. how did it get to be 3am already? How is it I did nothing all day? Oh right. The show is open! Oh, and the doing nothing all day thing... it felt GREAT! Didn't even open the work laptop. Fuck em. If only the Stargate discs were ready from the library, I'd have mainstreamed a whole season today, easy.
Barb - Oct 23, 2008 2:39:47 am PDT #8966 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Man, it's like a whole other town, that side of the city. But there is so much good stuff, I can't blame you for loving it.
It really is-- but nothing can beat the West Side Market. Farmer's market on CRACK!
What I really loved about Hudson, though was that you had this little New England (as opposed to typically Midwest town) just outside of Cleveland, with this wonderfully funky Northern Exposure sort of vibe. We really thought we were going to be there for the long haul.
But alas--not to be, My tribute, however, was my fictional small town in Accent is completely based on Hudson.
sj - Oct 23, 2008 2:45:22 am PDT #8967 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ND, good luck surviving the Halloween Horrors craziness.
With any luck I will be picking up the loan check today and the car soon after. Then I have to figure out how to get the hand controls taken off the old car and have them put on the new car without being able to drive either car without them.
Emily - Oct 23, 2008 3:37:26 am PDT #8968 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So if I were to say, "America's horror theme park..." would anyone know the tune I was humming? I think I only saw the commercial once almost ten years ago, but it's still in my head! Freaky undead earworm.
So there's this kid that comes in early every morning -- one of my favorites, sweet, hard-working, really adorable. He wears Christian t-shirts, he's in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, that's all fine. Sort of odd in a "I've heard of this phenomenon but never met one before" way, but cool. He's also the only other person in here when the Pledge comes on. Which makes it a little weird that today's T-shirt says, "ONE COUNTRY UNDER GOD." Especially since that's the part I stay -- respectfully! -- silent for.
I suppose this may go some way toward explaining why this sweet, compassionate, hard-working, African-American future engineer... isn't sure who he's voting for yet.
(Did I mention I think I'm living in Real America?)
WindSparrow - Oct 23, 2008 3:50:25 am PDT #8969 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
It really is-- but nothing can beat the West Side Market. Farmer's market on CRACK!
Whoa, yeah.
What I really loved about Hudson, though was that you had this little New England (as opposed to typically Midwest town) just outside of Cleveland, with this wonderfully funky Northern Exposure sort of vibe. We really thought we were going to be there for the long haul.
The interesting thing about Ohio is that it isn't just a Midwest state. The Western Reserve IS New England - or was, once upon a time. It only stopped being part of Connecticut in 1800 or so. So the older towns in that corner of the state were definitely built on New England patterns. Hudson is one of those towns. And the rest of the state - well, along the Ohio River, it sure acts like an Appalachian area, and then the western part of the state starts acting more Midwest.