It's his first time on a roller coaster.
?!?! How is that possible.
Or maybe you could just be Buffy, he'll see your amazing heart, and he'll fall in love with you.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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msbelle - May 07, 2010 7:41:26 am PDT #27987 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
lisah - May 07, 2010 7:42:56 am PDT #27988 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
?!?! How is that possible.
This is my question too. Santa Cruz is right there with it's awesome old wooden one!!! (Unless it is no longer there. I don't think I've been since I moved away...15 years ago. sheesh...I am old.)
DavidS - May 07, 2010 7:43:35 am PDT #27989 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
?!?! How is that possible.
He was anti-roller coaster so there wasn't much point in taking him to the one in Santa Cruz. But peer pressure has gotten to him. I expect he'll probably enjoy it and become a fan. But Emmett's never had a problem forming strongly held opinions with no basis in personal experience.
Barb - May 07, 2010 7:44:44 am PDT #27990 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
I'm glad I bought a Matrix and not a Sienna now: [link]
You know, compared to the commercials that they've been running, I actually found that amusing. It might have even been more amusing if I wasn't so predisposed to hating the "Sienna Family" based on the previous commercials.
DavidS - May 07, 2010 7:45:23 am PDT #27991 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Santa Cruz roller coaster is still there and still my favorite roller coaster ever. It's just a perfect thrill ride, as well conceived as a sonnet.
§ ita § - May 07, 2010 7:45:54 am PDT #27992 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For the trash-talking scenario to work, both people have to draw that line and understand that it's not personal.
As long as the trash-talker's not being personal, then there's hope. I just wanted to echo smonster, and it was important for me to separate diss from dislike--I don't care about the latter and can bristle at the former.
lisah - May 07, 2010 7:47:35 am PDT #27993 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Well, I hope he digs the ride today so you can share the SC one experience with him!
Liese S. - May 07, 2010 7:49:41 am PDT #27994 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, it's definitely a thing where all the other stuff followed for us. We had the sexual chemistry for sure, and we had stuff in common (cheating, kind of, because we were at the same very specific college so had similar backgrounds), and we had good conversational sparring. But there was definably a moment when we saw each other and knew we were willing to fight for a chance with each other.
In typical gender roles, my roommate (who also thought he was hot) and I negotiated for him. But Dave went around the entire freshman floor and threatened all the other guys not to go after me. (I wondered why I wasn't doing very well.) This all before we'd spoken to each other.
The bit that tipped the scales in his favor, though, was that he knew about and could intelligently discuss and vehemently oppose the Japanese-American internment camps. Love.
megan walker - May 07, 2010 7:50:54 am PDT #27995 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The Santa Cruz roller coaster is still there and still my favorite roller coaster ever. It's just a perfect thrill ride, as well conceived as a sonnet.
I'm still debating riding this next weekend. The Cyclone is really not pleasant in terms of being knocked about.
Liese S. - May 07, 2010 7:51:12 am PDT #27996 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
But Emmett's never had a problem forming strongly held opinions with no basis in personal experience.
Hahahah. Not like anyone else I know. Like, say, me.
Also, I objected to roller coasters for a long time then got sucked in by family peer pressure. Then I got in that car wreck back in Sedona and realized that the physical experience was exactly the same and why would I pay money to do that ever again?