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Journey to the End of the Night: Glasnost by Al gae, Cameron
June 25th, 2007 4:10 PM
Checkpoint 2
The Couple
There was time when I thought we wouldn't be participating... My lady friend was not keen on the idea of chasing or being chased by strangers through the city (she's a level headed, reasonable type). It was a perfect compromise, suggested by Agent Kellogg, that we man one of the checkpoints.
We arrived early and picked up our Top Secret Info Sheet, and then we hoofed it to the checkpoint.
We settled on one of the benches beneath the Old Chinese Hospital, as it was too nice to stay in doors; my lady friend, ever the forward thinker, felt it would not be a good idea to have people running into the hospital waiting room.
We knew we were going to be identified as "The Couple", so we sat close, had one pair of headphones that we each shared (listening to This American Life), signed manifests jointly, and tried to finish each others sentences. This ended up being much easier than we anticipated.
Speedy Spotlight was the first to our checkpoint, a few minutes ahead of Edward. He seemed pretty humble about his amazing speed, but both him and Edward deserve mad props.
Shortly after the other groups arrived in hordes.
Some standouts:
The young lady dressed as a bum, with a fake beard. She walked by us, ditched her costume and then ran back for a signature. I didn't even recognize it, but Al noticed that the shoes were the same.
The young man who told the story of locking himself in a maintenance closet to avoid a tagging
Tom Drake and Karrin, noble birthday boy and companion, who allowed us too cut their ribbons in half to tag two latecomers who missed the starting gun. I almost felt bad about directing them straight towards Orion and his chasers....
After the rush wound down, we made our way to the Presidio to see Prank Monkey at his Whiskey-Soaked Checkpoint. Awesome.
As we were heading to the Endpoint, we walked under the palace of fine arts dome… when we went under, three chasers came out of the shadows like some street gang in the Warriors. I think they were disappointed we were not runners.
Finally to the Wave Organ for a lovely little after party, and then some well deserved rest.
What a day.
The Couple
There was time when I thought we wouldn't be participating... My lady friend was not keen on the idea of chasing or being chased by strangers through the city (she's a level headed, reasonable type). It was a perfect compromise, suggested by Agent Kellogg, that we man one of the checkpoints.
We arrived early and picked up our Top Secret Info Sheet, and then we hoofed it to the checkpoint.
We settled on one of the benches beneath the Old Chinese Hospital, as it was too nice to stay in doors; my lady friend, ever the forward thinker, felt it would not be a good idea to have people running into the hospital waiting room.
We knew we were going to be identified as "The Couple", so we sat close, had one pair of headphones that we each shared (listening to This American Life), signed manifests jointly, and tried to finish each others sentences. This ended up being much easier than we anticipated.
Speedy Spotlight was the first to our checkpoint, a few minutes ahead of Edward. He seemed pretty humble about his amazing speed, but both him and Edward deserve mad props.
Shortly after the other groups arrived in hordes.
Some standouts:
The young lady dressed as a bum, with a fake beard. She walked by us, ditched her costume and then ran back for a signature. I didn't even recognize it, but Al noticed that the shoes were the same.
The young man who told the story of locking himself in a maintenance closet to avoid a tagging
Tom Drake and Karrin, noble birthday boy and companion, who allowed us too cut their ribbons in half to tag two latecomers who missed the starting gun. I almost felt bad about directing them straight towards Orion and his chasers....
After the rush wound down, we made our way to the Presidio to see Prank Monkey at his Whiskey-Soaked Checkpoint. Awesome.
As we were heading to the Endpoint, we walked under the palace of fine arts dome… when we went under, three chasers came out of the shadows like some street gang in the Warriors. I think they were disappointed we were not runners.
Finally to the Wave Organ for a lovely little after party, and then some well deserved rest.
What a day.
Very sweet.