Drank Funk and how it came to be. NYC Meetup 2008

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For those of you who don't know, we ended up having a little meetup this past weekend. Yeah some people from places like Ireland and England as well as many parts of the U.S. showed up, no big whoop. Many people from the New York area came out of the wood work as well and helped us around the city.

In truth, we had a ton of people show up for this meetup. I'm pretty sure this was the largest meetup ever. It all came to be because our beloved Barcaboy wanted to visit America. Turns out America showed up to meet him. Here are some pics and some words that will go along with them.

 

Here we have Vitaly (Jill's Tit) holding up a Cult sign as we waited for Derek to arrive from Ireland. He got the cardboard from a little Chinese lady who he developed a crush on. Developing crushes was an ongoing theme, for me anyways, during this meetup. Bethany (Mexicreatin) is the munchkin to the left. Vitaly got a ride to the eairport with Jase (not pictured). I thought for sure I had a couple of pics in here of him, but apparently I was wrong. Jase, is by far one of the nicest people I know. Not only did he cab our butts all around, but came out again, even in bad weather to meet us the following night. I got a kick out of talking to his wife, Natalie. She was my latina sister and got along right away. She was cool as hell. I don't know who those other people were, but I'm sure they were waiting for other's too arrive, I'm sure.

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Being a nerd, I made it a point to take a picture of a NYPD squad car. Here is one outside the hotel for your enjoyment.

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Here is a group photo taken in the subway prior to going to dinner the second night at Brother Jimmy's.

Left to right: Tom (Tom9d), Melody (Scribbling Des), unknown girl of possibly Asian decent, Shana (Synnove), Bethany (Mexicreatin), Derek (Barcaboy), and Liz (Mr Hash). Tom was a gracious host. He along with Jase and Vitaly met us all at the airport. He even took me for some pizza when the rest of the group ditched me. haha. I must say I liked NYC stye 'za better than pizza around these parts. Fair play to you, Tom. I'm looking forward to my return to NYC in July when I go for a Yankee and Mets game.

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Here is Alex (Pallix) who conveniently ended up being in the same traincar as us while enroute to Brother Jimmy's. Yes, she is infact as lovely in real life as she is in pictures. I developed a huge crush on her. Had she asked me to marry her in order to be able to stay in America, I would have done so, in a heartbeat. She still ended up liking me, even after I kept not answering her calls all weekend.

 Kevin (Glamhoth) arrived shortly after we did.  The kid was ace. He came out to hang out even after we kept him out all night and called him everything other than his actual name. That chick in white  behind Alex, I have no idea who she is, but I'm sure she's from around there. I have no proof of this, but am only guessing. Those other people in the background were there to either eat or drink stuff, I bet.

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 Here is Melody and Tom sitting down. They appear annoyed by me. This would happen more than once during this trip. Melody was cool as hell. She was the only chick that stayed out just about everynight with me to drink. The only day she didn't was when she was battling bubblegut. I was really bummed I didn't get to meet up with her when she was in Chicago during New Years. I'm glad we got that chance in NYC. She looked out for me and made sure she got my money back when I gave too much.

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Here is Richard (WickerKat) and Derek just after Richard arrived. Derek's face is priceless. Derek is priceless! From his accent, to his stories, to his attempt to using Americanisms he picked up. My favorite was when he used the word, WORD!" just after someone shouted to him "Go Giants!" One of my favorite people. Not just from the meetup, but ever! Brother from another mother, he is. He kept telling us he was quite shy, but all he did this meetup was make friends.

Richard was a great guy to have around. He took some free time from the AWP and hung out with us. What a nice guy. We just might have to hang out as we both live in Chicago.

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Here's Tom with a handful of fried onion strings. He thought using plates and silverware was to posh.

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Mark (Grover) arrived with Richard and sat next to Bethany. Mark was a nice quiet guy. I thought it was great that he made it out from Iowa and took time to hang out with us as well. Bethany, was sweet. She wrote a ton of a songs for me. They played in the bars, diners, restuarants and everywhere else we were, conveniently enough. I think withcraft had something to do with the reoccurance.

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Okay, here are couple random pics from the meetup dinner that I won't say much about, but will rather let you decifer yourselves.

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Here is Shana and Alex again. Shana, I had met before and was eager to hang out with more, as our previous attempt to hang was cut short by a severe thunderstorm and ended badly when I groped her. Not only did we get to hang out a ton, but I gave her a grope free hug when we parted ways at the airport. She was the Cult Mom. She wouldn't tell you to eat all your vegetable or clean your room. Nothing like that, but she made sure, you were taking your medicaition and went out with enough layering. A wonderful person.

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Here we have Rob (Anxious Phoenix - big dude in the middle). We had met at two previous meetups and developed a cool relationship. I actually drove him to the airport in Austin, as the others were too drunk to do so. Yeah, people got more drunk than I did. he showed up after dinner and took us to a bar in St Marks. As always, great to hang out with him.

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Kevin had the pleasure of sitting next to Liz (Mr Hash) when I took this picture. Liz I had also met at previous meetups as well. for those of you who don't know Liz can talk. A lot. Almost to annoying levels. She also high fives. Something I also find annoying. Liz did hook us up with a contact list and got us to meet Clara using the NYC's intricate subway sytem. She is a an avid user of public transportation here in Chicago, so I was confident in her ability to get us around. The kid with his back to us is Caleb (Thirstygerbil). He showed up during dinner with friend, Chauncy (not pictured) who attended the the AWP and with Jase (also not pictured). I didn't get much of a chance to talk to Caleb, and if I did I was too drunk to recall it. Sorry, dude. It was at this bar that Drank Funk came to be.

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Angela! (Succotach Moon) arrived to NYC while we were at dinner. She waited for Bess and they later met up with us at the bar. Moonie and I had met at the first meet up and she was as cool as ever. We never bothered to bring up her ass acne!

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Here Vitaly is scribbling in the notebook Melody started. Yes, we were ultra dorks and started a "thread" during dinner that proceeded throughout the meetup. Vitaly, was most like his cult persona. What a fuckin treat this kid is. he came out and met up with us the most, and the one day he didn't he was all sad about it. He got kicked out of one bar Superbowl Sunday after the Giants won for no good reason, so in his honor I broke something off the wall in the men's bathroom before we left there.

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So here's some of us the following morning. It was way early and I was really surprised I didn't wake up hungover. I later figured out I was still drunk. hehe

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The lovely lady to the left is Bess (essga). Check out the pigtails. She was awesome! A tall beauty who was funny as hell and nice as all get out. I'm proud to call her my text buddy. Here she joins Shana for some coffee.

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Group shot.

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Jay (Balthazar -  tall drink of a man) and Jenn (Moe.ron -  on the right) drove in from PA to meet us prior to going to lunch with Clara (Adelheid - not pictured). I had known both of them the longest of just about everyone, but had never met until then. We are fantasy baseball managers in the same league and will be hitting up some baseball games together this summer. Can't wait! Jay was chill and fun too joke with. Jenn is a doll and we'd totally be best friends if we'd grown up together. That hispanican lady and her kid offered to clean our hotel rooms cheap, but we declined.

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I blanked and didn't take any pictures of Clara or our lunch whatsoever. I have to say that she looked pretty apprehensive to meet up but as she realized we weren't all a bunch of crazies, she seemed to relax and at one point scolded me to finish my broccoli. I was glad she was able to take some time from her schedule to meet us.

After we left Clara unscathed, we went for a walk. Here are some shots of Time Square. I don't know what all these people were doing there. I'm sure most were walking and got lost... just like us at one point.

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So Sunday Derek, Alex and I went to the top of the Empire State building. Twas a good time. I promised Derek I wouldn't throw him over.

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Superbowl Sunday arrived and a handful of us watched the beginning of it in Derek and my room. Derek was superstoke to watch it... that was until he found a Border's book store a couple blocks away, just minutes before kick off and ended up missing most of the game. The kid loves his books!

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Halfway into the 3rd quarter we went out for pizza. No one but Liz was really into the game. Fortunately for her when we went to get some 'za there was a TV there for her to watch the game while the rest of us socialized.

Alex and Shana just about ready to go.

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Rear shot of Bethany in her silver boots.

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Derek and one of his many friends. All the guys behind the counter knew him. They called him "Barcelona"!

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Us about to get our mangia on.

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One of my favorite parts of the night was when Derek tried rootbeer for the first time. Here he is getting the first sip.

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Here is his reaction shortly there after. He compared the taste to urine. Needless to say, I don't think he liked it.

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Me and my boy Frank Sinatra.

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We caught the end of the game at a bar down the street. We got the chance to celebrate with some New Yorkers after the Giant(s) upset.

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As you can see I took a ton of pics of our last night together. After awhile they got annoyed with my drunk ass.

 

 

So again, I woke up drunk and we went out to have breakfast at a diner.

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At the diner. Our last Hurrah. :(

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Here we are in the final stages of time together. We all jammed ourselves in Moonie's room and stored our luggage there until we all left. Thanks Moon!

 

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Lobby pic.

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The goodbyes.

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I was all butthurt because I had to leave New York and come back to reality. I realized i was tired, hungry, hungover and still had several hours to kill due to a cancelled and then delayed flight, I decided to have one last beer for the road.

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Just having spent the past 3 plus hours creating this thread and getting a chance to relive it through these pictures, I have to say this was by far the best Cult meetup ever. I met many new people for the first time and made what I believe will be lasting friendships with many. I really wish all of you could have experienced this trip. It was one to remember and I will always remember it. I look forward to the next meetup. You know my ass will be there.

 

 

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Posted February 6th, 2008 by Smartazboy

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It's so weird, but I just get this happy rush every time i see these photos. Knowing that we're not some kooky internet community of weirdos and losers, but a kooky community of weirdos and cool people who make friends with each other. it's nice, y'know?

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Wed, 02/06/2008 - 17:18

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haha, those are great. we should've gotten a picture of vitaly in front of me with a sign saying "I can has quiets?? k thnks"


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Oh, high fives. I really enjoyed the way you quickly dismissed the entreaty to slap some skin with a simple, "I don't do high fives" with clear disdain in your eyes.


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mr_hash wrote:

haha, those are great. we should've gotten a picture of vitaly in front of me with a sign saying "I can has quiets?? k thnks"

It would have come in handy, no doubt.

 

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great stuff frank, and thanks for the kind words


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big brother, you are the best...no really...you are.


Wed, 02/06/2008 - 17:33

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monkeywright wrote:

It's so weird, but I just get this happy rush every time i see these photos. Knowing that we're not some kooky internet community of weirdos and losers, but a kooky community of weirdos and cool people who make friends with each other. it's nice, y'know?

 

Took the words right out of my mouth.

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wait.  You don't like high fives?


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Not at all, dude. Not at all.

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monkeywright wrote:

It's so weird, but I just get this happy rush every time i see these photos. Knowing that we're not some kooky internet community of weirdos and losers, but a kooky community of weirdos and cool people who make friends with each other. it's nice, y'know?

oh man, i just looked at your avatar/title! <3


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 am anti-high fives as well.

i will give a pound, but no high fives.

my brother and his fiance high five after everything, and they know how against it i am...so they do it under the table now if i am around.


Wed, 02/06/2008 - 17:51

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I'll fist bump, but even then it can't be overly enthusiastic. I often get caught between a rock and a hard place when I'm at a sporting event and my team does well. I try to not make eye contact with others around me when high fives start to get thrown around. If I'm drunk though, my guard lowers and I'll high five just about anyone. Same goes for having sex.

 

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under the table fives!?

thats so sad.  have to resorting to five'ing in stealth and subterfuge(sp)


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i really enjoyed that, i was like transfixed!

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Smartazboy wrote:

If I'm drunk though, my guard lowers and I'll high five just about anyone. Same goes for having sex.

 

I'm never going to a Cubs game with you!

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I should have stayed out and closed down the bars with you for high fives and cash distribution.


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also, how can anyone NOT like root beer? That's just nuts!

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nathaniel parker wrote:

Smartazboy wrote:

If I'm drunk though, my guard lowers and I'll high five just about anyone. Same goes for having sex.

 

I'm never going to a Cubs game with you!

After Frank has drunk sex with someone, he always high fives them.

This is why he doesn't high five sober; it is a symbol of his shame and regret.


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Yeah, Glam should know... I mean. Oh noes.

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I defy anyone to resist those Latin charms!


Wed, 02/06/2008 - 19:59

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Root beer to urine? More like real beer to urine.

 

Seems like a great time, thanks for all the pics, Frank.

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nathaniel parker wrote:

also, how can anyone NOT like root beer? That's just nuts!

 

To be fair, it was diet rootbeer. :\


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Was it diet?  I thought it was regular.  Either way, his face after the first sip was great.  Then he tried to be nice and drink more of it because someone else bought it for him.


Wed, 02/06/2008 - 20:55

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I was waiting for a picture of Jen using your fancy phone to be posted up but I guess it's lost or whatever.  She sent me this while you all were at a bar and I was on my date with "stone Asian kid."

 

 

When I got it, I bursted out in grand, giggly, school girl laughter.  He dug the laugh! So, I got a second date. 

 

Thanks, dudes!

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 For the record, Frank did not finish his broccoli.


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 I was going to start my thread now as I sit at the airport waiting for my umpteenth delayed flight, but guess what?!  now I'm FINALLY boarding!  HOMEWARD BOUND!

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Applause!

This looked great. I hope you all come to Europe next year. Or I have more money.

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actually mel is not leaving yet, she texted me.  the woman behind her on the plane is "either drunk or dying" so they are taking her off the plane...

 

i feel awful for her.


Wed, 02/06/2008 - 22:34

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I love that Derek first tried getting a rootbeer at the pub on Thursday, and ordered his rootbeer from a waitress who was also Irish...and who had overheard that this was to be Derek's first rootbear...and advised against drinking it...and then brought him a coke by accident, which derek didnt realize was a coke until...er...did someone else tell him it was a coke, or did he figure it out on his own after a bit?  Either way, he did not end up getting a rootbeer that night.

 

Also, I was not annoyed at you at any point Frank.  In fact, I like to think I bonded with you the most.  You're my boy, for real.

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MinervaG2 wrote:

I was waiting for a picture of Jen using your fancy phone to be posted up but I guess it's lost or whatever.  She sent me this while you all were at a bar and I was on my date with "stone Asian kid."

 

 

When I got it, I bursted out in grand, giggly, school girl laughter.  He dug the laugh! So, I got a second date. 

 

Thanks, dudes!

you're welcome...gettin' you some ass is the least i could do  ;)  but yeah, i've got the pic on my camera...but i'm not uploading it because it's too horrific for words  ;)  (and what do you think of the bangs?? )


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moe.ron wrote:

MinervaG2 wrote:

I was waiting for a picture of Jen using your fancy phone to be posted up but I guess it's lost or whatever.  She sent me this while you all were at a bar and I was on my date with "stone Asian kid."

 

 

When I got it, I bursted out in grand, giggly, school girl laughter.  He dug the laugh! So, I got a second date. 

 

Thanks, dudes!

you're welcome...gettin' you some ass is the least i could do  ;)  but yeah, i've got the pic on my camera...but i'm not uploading it because it's too horrific for words  ;)  (and what do you think of the bangs?? )

 

I was going to make a post earlier saying that Jen looks "bangin" but then I decided against it cause I didn't think anyone would get it.  I absolutely approve of the bangs. They're very cute and so are you!

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This is why Frank is an icon here at the Cult. Also, see how the names/usernames are clearly marked? Take note, people. Also, it's good to see Rob the Phoenix making an appearance. For the record, UbixChris and I were still up drinking when you took him to the airport.


Thu, 02/07/2008 - 00:50

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I've high fived Frank before. He assured me he never did that, and then I tricked him. Like several times.

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If Jane had come we would've spent the whole time plotting to get Frank to high five us.

he may have then murdered us in our sleep.

 

 


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Nah, I probably would have murdered the two of you in broad daylight then placed your bodies by those piles of garbage bags along the streets.

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Aw.  This made me feel happy and a little sad (that its over and I wasn't there). Great thread Frank.  I sooo hope I can make it to a meet up sometime. 


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monkeywright wrote:

It's so weird, but I just get this happy rush every time i see these photos. Knowing that we're not some kooky internet community of weirdos and losers, but a kooky community of weirdos and cool people who make friends with each other. it's nice, y'know?

 

I couldn't agree more. I can't wait to meet you all.


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I'm sure if I ever get a chance to meet you in person and get to hear your accent I'll develop a super crush just like I did with Derek and Alex.

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I AM IN LOVE WITH ALL OF YOU!!!!!

 

 

and, the derek boy is coming over to visit us in march.

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Awesome recap thread Frank.  I wish I could have spent more time around you guys, it just cheered me up like you'd never know after a grueling January.  I especially felt bad about leaving on Friday, I'd been pestering Anxious Phoenix all day to get out to the meetup and as soon as he got there I had to head home, after which I end up missing even more people who straggled in late.

 

I must be getting too old to handle the late nights in the city though, I actually fell asleep on the train home for about a half hour and woke up all paranoid that someone stole my shit (it had just fallen on the floor).

 

EDIT:  Oh and I still have JT's "TEH CULT" sign.  I keep forgetting to take it out of my trunk so every time I take a tight turn the cardboard skitters around with this weird shuffling noise and I laugh.

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scerpica wrote:

I AM IN LOVE WITH ALL OF YOU!!!!!

 

 

and, the derek boy is coming over to visit us in march.

 

I may be in NY in March, if that's where 'here' is. Week of the 9th, if anyone's around. Spring break and the gang hasn't quite plotted a course yet.

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Jase, thats hilarious. Everytime you hear cardboard shuffling around the back of a car you'll think of us. Awww. I thought it was cool that you were able to show up. I think my favorite picture taken was the one you took when we were all waving goodbye to you.

 

"Here" is Germany, Giggan. Make some research.

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 I have about a hundred pictures... plus the thread notebook. I hope to have some up later today.

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Sweet. I was there but I want to see more pictures!

 

So, here is what the shirt I gave out looked like.

 

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/smartazboy/nyctshirt001.jpg[/IMG]

 

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Smartazboy wrote:

"Here" is Germany, Giggan. Make some research.

 

Woops, yeah, that ain't happn, nm.

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One day, dude. One day. :)

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tom9d wrote:

Also, I was not annoyed at you at any point Frank.  In fact, I like to think I bonded with you the most.  You're my boy, for real.

I meant to respond to this when I first read it. Thats good to know. I hate being a burdon to others. Now that I know I'm your boy, I'll be bothering you during my dowtime while in NYC in July. ;)

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Smartazboy wrote:

tom9d wrote:

Also, I was not annoyed at you at any point Frank.  In fact, I like to think I bonded with you the most.  You're my boy, for real.

I meant to respond to this when I first read it. Thats good to know. I hate being a burdon to others. Now that I know I'm your boy, I'll be bothering you during my dowtime while in NYC in July. ;)

 

I was annoyed by your for about 5 minutes once.  You were drunk and taking pictures of my ass and kept repeating yourself.  But I had to let it go, cause everyone love