Journey to the End of the Night: Oakland by Lincøln, Myrna Minx
June 22nd, 2009 6:51 PM / Location: 37.808504,-122.2497CHECKPOINT 2
Lincoln decided he wanted to man a checkpoint with Myrna Minx.
Myrna Minx wanted to man Checkpoint 2.
And so it was.
Myrna called Lincoln with the idea that she would be in a tuxedo and he'd be wearing a cocktail dress, "fishing" on Lake Merritt. Lincoln decided to do a completion of Donation By Other Means with every runner that came through the checkpoint. So Lincoln photographed every runner that came through the checkpoint.
248 runners began the race. 182 made it to Checkpoint 2.
The first runners to arrive were given the charge of finding suitable "fishing poles." These proved to be sticks with string tied to them. Some runners were asked to tell fishermen's tales, and finally, as the checkpoint became very busy, many runners were just asked to submit their souls to the camera and forego the telling of tales or any other form of delay.
Lincoln recorded most of the people's names as they came through so we'd have names to go with the faces.
Watching the sunset and lights come on on Lake Merritt was a lovely way to experience Journey to the End of the Night as staff members. It was fun meeting everyone and we hope to see you at the next one..
If you hit the + larger button below you can hear a recording that was made at the time the photos were taken while you look at the photos that follow.
Checkpoint 2
Myrna Minx & Lincoln
Lincoln's response
Crossing the Bay Bridge
To Øakland!
Oakland
Our checkpoint
As seen from behind.
Our checkpoint
Seen from Lincoln's feet.
Myrna surveys the terrain
1
Lightning
2
Max
Dan & Lou
3
Rabbi
Slim
Christian
4
Craig
Maria
Luke
Toby
Scott & Mike
Nifer
Anna
Carrie
Tam
Mike
(Mr. Otondo)
Davey
Josh
Oluwaseun
Oluwaseun
(he gets two pictures because he won the Journey)
John
Zack
Brad
5
Alex
Anders
George & Fred
Herve
John
Brendan Long
John & Lisa
Greg
6
Andy
Geoff
Ryan
Aaron
aka Beek.
Paul
aka Future.
Sasha & Shanks
Jessie & Jasper
Tony & Alissa
7
Danny & Shauti & Robin & Alanna & Derek & Theo
Trey & Emily & Devin & Robert
Matthew
8
Adam
Angela & The Artful Dodger & Annnnnnna
Alex & David & Hillary
Lincoln is not afraid to admit he had a little bit of a crush on Hillary.
Pedro Capanero
Grizzly & Jess
9
Jeff
Evan & Skippy
Evan & Skippy
She loves him. She thinks he's very handsome.
Myrna Minx
With a small break, looking lovely as ever.
David
Brandon
Taylor
Gail & Joseph
10
Jason
Layla & Gavin
Ryan & Mark Savage
Father & son runners!
Jacob
Brian
Riley & Sarah & Christian
POP
Eric
11
Rich & Maryanne & Nataasja & Anthony
Morley & Lee
I failed to get these two lovely people's names recorded. Sorry. My recorder wasn't on. Thankfully they were not unknown to fellow players.
Ty & Nicole & Reed & David & Greg
Team Gravedigger!
Sarah & Allejandra
Sad Scott
Alex
(Von Guard)
Eden
12
Cubes
Ron
Froggy Toad
Mikolha
Eric
Jordan
Derek
13
Justin Connoly
Frank got eaten by a rose bush
Jof
Thomas
Benjamin Turner!
Ben & David
Runner POP
Frank, Derek, Kieran, ? & ?
Graham & Nick
Analisa
Fashionable chaser ribbon.
14
Kieran?
Eric & Noah & Danielle & John & Max & Peter
A lot of chasers
Jessie
Yoshi & Alexei & Bryce
Tom
Bjorn Teuleuse
Patty Larceny
Phil
15
Faith & Melony
Faith didn't want her face on the internet. Melony didn't mind.
Chris
Jerimiah
Michelle & Beth
Andrea
Annie
16
Tac Haberdash
Matt & Hanna
The Reverend & Dr. K & Tac
Eric & Annie
T & Miriam
Jason 7au
He came to hang with us when Checkpoint 1 closed. It was nice having him around.
Piratey Monkey & Chucky Ducky
Laura & Matt
Jason 7au photographs Piratey Monkey
And I get a good POP.
17
Ben & Ben & Johnathan
Simon
Simon & Garrett & chaser love
Christie
Brendon
Jason & Ian
18
Ed (Rabbit) & Audrey
Carson & Jesus
Ryan & Jen & Joyce
Myrna & Lincoln
Looking good.
Jason & Jane & Orian & Misqueue (Praximity)
I thought Misqueue there said Bart when I originally recorded this.
Jason 7au again
Ben
19
Brittney & Josh
Emily
Aaron & Haley
Roger
Anthony & Michael
Beautiful Myrna
At sunset.
Calvin & Tiny Dancer & JTony & Steve & Monotony
Lincoln's Feet
Dax's map.
Light map
Players discussing what happened and their strategies, what worked and what didn't. Hearing people telling their stories was one of the best parts of the night.
Spidere the photographer
Still at work.
Artistical shot
Oluwaseun crosses the finish line first
He apparently disguised himself as a drunk homeless man to avoid chasers. And when he approached the finish line, he did so stealthily and quietly, his fear of being caught was so strong.
Oluwaseun with his trophy
Dax & Sean were very happy to have somebody finish. They had moments before Oluwaseun arrived considered that maybe nobody would finish the race at all this year.
Oluwaseun finishes at 10:54pm
Lank & Myrna
Even in her ridiculous heels and giant top hat, she's not quite as tall as Lank.
Lank & Myrna again
Lank adjusts his fangs.
Trey
Came in second.
Lowteck prepares to wrestle a minotaur
Look!
It wasn't a minotaur at all! It was anna one with a mask!
Tac Haberdash finishes
Still has a green armband and a full manifest. L.A. represent.
21 vote(s)
Secret Agent
4
Poisøn Lake
3
Von Guard
5
praximity
5
Dax Tran-Caffee
4
Future
5
MonkeyBoy Dan
3
Jason 7au
5
Anomaly
4
Sean Mahan
5
Ben Yamiin
5
Ink Tea
4
saille is planting praxis
4
patty larceny
4
Spidere
3
Loki
5
rongo rongo
3
Not Here No More
5
Amby D
5
Kid A
5
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Dang it! You were the one person I couldn't make out clearly! D'oh!
I'll change it if you like.
do what you like with it; its already been donated.
and let me say, sir, that its quite a nice project you and myrna have assembled.
This was awesome to review. Thanks for being so diligent with that camera and audio recorder!
I got there to visit, and saw what Lincøln was up to with documenting all that arrived, and was super impressed with his diligence! I was barely able to alert runners about who was coming through our checkpoint because we got swamped so soon after the first few arrived.
I enjoyed this as well. Thanks to both of you for helping out with the event!
Extra points for the picture of me having my real name, while everyone else gets their sf0 name! Yet, I don't think I ever gave my real name?.... lol
Also, snappy dress!
vote because you looked liked you had waaaaay too much fun.
favorite because you have lincoln in a dress.
i am very very very very very very very very very very sorry i missed all of this.
I believe the fine wine sipped at check point 2 by myself and Bjorn Teuleuse gave us the strength to finish the journey with green ribbons. Your tux was dashing!
That's a very impressive set of pictures! I also didn't realize, when I saw him later in the dark, just how good Lincoln looked in that dress. :)
I enjoyed seeing all those pictures of people having a good time.
which i honestly am kinda ok with.