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Journey To The End Of The Night: San Francisco 2009 by angelina
November 1st, 2009 1:00 PM
So...I participated in the Journey to the End of the Street last night. It was great! There were several hundred people playing and most were wearing costumes. My favorite costumes of the night were the Yup Yup aliens (from Sesame Street) and the Coconut drink with the green umbrella. I was also digging on the Gold Lady's costume.
My partner, Shannon, and I made it to the first (out of 7) checkpoints by walking. I gave a handsome SFPD officer a high five. We saw a couple chasers, but they didn't seem to be doing much chasing at that point. I think they were just trying to scare us. The chasers became more active on the way to the second checkpoint, and we had to run several times. Neither Shannon nor I are very strong runners, so we had to rely mostly on our cunning and wits. :) That didn't work for too long, because Shannon got caught by a chaser. I couldn't let Shannon be a chaser by herself, so I stood there and let someone tag me. That's when the game got really fun...
Chasing was way more fun than running! I was a maniac, going after every yellow band I saw. I tagged big, strong guys and some thin girls. I had no mercy. If they were wearing a yellow band, they were going down!! I had the pleasure of tagging this arrogant guy I heard talking earlier that night. "I'm just going to run because I'm fast and the chasers won't be able to catch me." HAHAHAHAHA, SUCKER!!!!! The best reaction was when I tagged an unsuspecting runner who was talking on his cell phone at a corner. His reaction was golden. He yelled, "Oh, goddamn, I'm dead." Fun times!
Later, Shannon and I took a bus over to the 5th checkpoint to get our tag on. By the time we got there, we were so exhausted that I just decided to take BART home. I had to write some essays for school the next day (which I am successfully procrastinating as I'm writing this.)
Overall, it was a great night, and I can't wait until the next one. Maybe I'll even take some pictures next time!
My partner, Shannon, and I made it to the first (out of 7) checkpoints by walking. I gave a handsome SFPD officer a high five. We saw a couple chasers, but they didn't seem to be doing much chasing at that point. I think they were just trying to scare us. The chasers became more active on the way to the second checkpoint, and we had to run several times. Neither Shannon nor I are very strong runners, so we had to rely mostly on our cunning and wits. :) That didn't work for too long, because Shannon got caught by a chaser. I couldn't let Shannon be a chaser by herself, so I stood there and let someone tag me. That's when the game got really fun...
Chasing was way more fun than running! I was a maniac, going after every yellow band I saw. I tagged big, strong guys and some thin girls. I had no mercy. If they were wearing a yellow band, they were going down!! I had the pleasure of tagging this arrogant guy I heard talking earlier that night. "I'm just going to run because I'm fast and the chasers won't be able to catch me." HAHAHAHAHA, SUCKER!!!!! The best reaction was when I tagged an unsuspecting runner who was talking on his cell phone at a corner. His reaction was golden. He yelled, "Oh, goddamn, I'm dead." Fun times!
Later, Shannon and I took a bus over to the 5th checkpoint to get our tag on. By the time we got there, we were so exhausted that I just decided to take BART home. I had to write some essays for school the next day (which I am successfully procrastinating as I'm writing this.)
Overall, it was a great night, and I can't wait until the next one. Maybe I'll even take some pictures next time!
