Click here for the details! http://www.geocities.com/dasprite222/gathering3.htm
The official theme is It's a WNYld Ride and it's all about theme parks and rides. Wanna donate a box about your favorite ride? Contact us soon! We and the Quinn Clan are camping at Darien Lakes SP this weekend to scope the place out and will start looking for hiding spots ASAP.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
And now for something...completely different...
Totally NOTHING to do with boxing! This was a snippet from a story I wrote a while ago that I never did anything with and I just like the description! :-) Afterward, I'll return you to your regularly scheduled letterboxing blog!
…fwhooff…
It's the noise you always hear in the movies when an atom bomb hits, that dull air-rushed thud that's even more baffling because the word "bomb" is attached to it. It's almost as if the very fact that it's the most deadly thing you can imagine makes it unnecessary to have all the noise you normally associate with other deadly stuff like dynamite, shotgun blasts, and cannon fire. After all, you're LOOKING at a mushroom cloud by that point, which is the visual symbol of total annihilation, so the "death wrapped in a Kleenex" kind of noise is meant to underscore that, I suppose. The bigger the cloud of death, the more likely you are to get that softer, quieter sound.
Which probably explains why that was the sound I "heard" upon entering the void. In retrospect, I probably heard NOTHING, just like I couldn't actually feel Josh grab my wrist at the last moment and cling to it to make sure he didn't lose me before the point became moot. I didn't "see" darkness, although I recall straining my eyes to the point of actual insanity, desperate to see even a shadow. I didn't "hear" my scream disappear into this blanket of death; I just knew I tried to scream out with all I could. And I sure couldn't have sensed the suffocating darkness pouring into my open mouth and all throughout my body before I felt the Kleenex of death wrap my brain into that softness that I didn't have the presence of mind to be afraid of for more than a second on some universal watch…
…fwhooff…
It's the noise you always hear in the movies when an atom bomb hits, that dull air-rushed thud that's even more baffling because the word "bomb" is attached to it. It's almost as if the very fact that it's the most deadly thing you can imagine makes it unnecessary to have all the noise you normally associate with other deadly stuff like dynamite, shotgun blasts, and cannon fire. After all, you're LOOKING at a mushroom cloud by that point, which is the visual symbol of total annihilation, so the "death wrapped in a Kleenex" kind of noise is meant to underscore that, I suppose. The bigger the cloud of death, the more likely you are to get that softer, quieter sound.
Which probably explains why that was the sound I "heard" upon entering the void. In retrospect, I probably heard NOTHING, just like I couldn't actually feel Josh grab my wrist at the last moment and cling to it to make sure he didn't lose me before the point became moot. I didn't "see" darkness, although I recall straining my eyes to the point of actual insanity, desperate to see even a shadow. I didn't "hear" my scream disappear into this blanket of death; I just knew I tried to scream out with all I could. And I sure couldn't have sensed the suffocating darkness pouring into my open mouth and all throughout my body before I felt the Kleenex of death wrap my brain into that softness that I didn't have the presence of mind to be afraid of for more than a second on some universal watch…
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Yay Ithaca!
Another seriously good time for the Sprite and the Highlander! We took Lock Wench's advice this time and hung around the pavillion getting exchanges, PTs and a nice cool breeze...what a day! We hung out with Mark & Sue Pepe, chatted with Green Tortuga, even got to finally meet the infamous Silent Doug & Clueless! The Quinn kids came with us, but stayed at Buttermilk Falls while we lounged in cool comfort at the Super 8 (I TOTALLY have to carve a Super 8 box, no joke!). We also hopped over to the after party at campsite 58 and dug around in the dark for boxes...SERIOUSLY cool!
We tried for more boxes today, but only got two (and planted one) before the heat drove us to Wegmans and then home. Still, a great time was had by all thanks to TurtleMcQ!
Anyway, now I'm getting geared up for the Darien Lakes event. School's got one week left and we're gonna camp out there the last week of June to check out the hiding spots. It looks like I've got a decent amount of folks to have around for the night event, so I'll have a set of night boxes, too (one shot only!).
If YOU haven't decided to go yet, whatcha waitin' for??? It's gonna be one heckuva time with a slew of stamps in one spot (CQ and I are already fighting over who's doing what stamp and I know for a fact he's done like 18 already)! Can I say more aobut how cool this will be? Just BE there, already! :-)
The (too hot to move, but not to plug an event) Sprite & the (camped out in front of the air conditioner) Highlander
We tried for more boxes today, but only got two (and planted one) before the heat drove us to Wegmans and then home. Still, a great time was had by all thanks to TurtleMcQ!
Anyway, now I'm getting geared up for the Darien Lakes event. School's got one week left and we're gonna camp out there the last week of June to check out the hiding spots. It looks like I've got a decent amount of folks to have around for the night event, so I'll have a set of night boxes, too (one shot only!).
If YOU haven't decided to go yet, whatcha waitin' for??? It's gonna be one heckuva time with a slew of stamps in one spot (CQ and I are already fighting over who's doing what stamp and I know for a fact he's done like 18 already)! Can I say more aobut how cool this will be? Just BE there, already! :-)
The (too hot to move, but not to plug an event) Sprite & the (camped out in front of the air conditioner) Highlander
Friday, June 09, 2006
Three Ring Circus Update
So many of you have inquired about our well being and sent us words of encouragement that I thought I should update you all on how we're doing. A few months ago, we were being told that our first pregnancy (after trying for 5+ years) wasn't working out and that we'd have to scrap everything and start over. Needless to say, it was a rough time, complicated by work troubles for both the Highlander and I (him missing work days because of the two herniated discs & stanosis in his neck and me just not enjoying my work the way I used to). Money was tight and our situation looked like a Dickens novel for a while (full of misery, woe and longwinded explanations!).
However, things have improved considerably. We left our fertility specialist Dr. Sperazza (who was a evil sprite-wing plucking brownie/troll), then had a successful and very easy D & C procedure to start all over again. We tried to go to another doctor, only to find out that he was retiring. That would have been enough to sink the ship if his nurse hadn't heard our story and told us we were one of MANY couples that had left Dr. Evil...er, Sperazza. She gave us the number of a wonderful nurse practicioner in our area who's taken us in without any delay. We'll start the process over again within the next few weeks!
Kevin (the Highlander) will FINALLY get to see a neurosurgeon about his neck at the end of this month, but the crippling pain he was having earlier seems to have gotten better after doing some of the physical therapy they recommended...in fact, I seem to have pulled his neck back into at least a tolerable position during one session, so he's been able to take less heavy meds and go to work.
School's almost out and I'll be returning to a regular classroom in the fall, so my world will go back to its normal 4th grade predictability again. But, as Dorothy says "If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with!"
Anyway, thanks again to all of you who sent us kind words, gifts and other support to help us through the rough patch. The sun is peeking out again and we're seeing light at the end of the tunnel because of wonderful folks like you to lean on! We hope to see all of you in Ithaca, but DEFINITELY want to see you at our own event at Darien Lakes!
The (still unbelieveably blessed to have such a wonderful hobby with such kindhearted people) Sprite & Highlander
However, things have improved considerably. We left our fertility specialist Dr. Sperazza (who was a evil sprite-wing plucking brownie/troll), then had a successful and very easy D & C procedure to start all over again. We tried to go to another doctor, only to find out that he was retiring. That would have been enough to sink the ship if his nurse hadn't heard our story and told us we were one of MANY couples that had left Dr. Evil...er, Sperazza. She gave us the number of a wonderful nurse practicioner in our area who's taken us in without any delay. We'll start the process over again within the next few weeks!
Kevin (the Highlander) will FINALLY get to see a neurosurgeon about his neck at the end of this month, but the crippling pain he was having earlier seems to have gotten better after doing some of the physical therapy they recommended...in fact, I seem to have pulled his neck back into at least a tolerable position during one session, so he's been able to take less heavy meds and go to work.
School's almost out and I'll be returning to a regular classroom in the fall, so my world will go back to its normal 4th grade predictability again. But, as Dorothy says "If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with!"
Anyway, thanks again to all of you who sent us kind words, gifts and other support to help us through the rough patch. The sun is peeking out again and we're seeing light at the end of the tunnel because of wonderful folks like you to lean on! We hope to see all of you in Ithaca, but DEFINITELY want to see you at our own event at Darien Lakes!
The (still unbelieveably blessed to have such a wonderful hobby with such kindhearted people) Sprite & Highlander
Thursday, June 01, 2006
T-Shirt and Event News
Some of the newer folks to boxing have asked about the LBNY tshirt some of us have (the one with the hiker logo on the front and the LBNY logo on the back. If there's enough interest, I think we could swing another order, but I need to hear from people first. You CAN buy them individually from the distributor, but they're like $22 or so from them and half that for us because of Kevin's connection to the owners. I have to check on the prices again, but if anyone wants one, now's the time to speak up!
Also, the WNY gathering in August is going to be at Darien Lakes State Park...check here to take a look http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=63). This will be like Fear Faketor...a day event of boxing on Saturday for those who want to come in and out without staying on site and a two night camping event with night boxing for those who want to stay overnight (Friday will be just a check in night, while Saturday will be some night boxing and more hang out time). The theme will be amusement park based, but we will NOT be at Six Flags Darien Lake...anyone interested can certainly go, though!
Anyway, I need to know ASAP how many people are planning on staying overnight (at least on Saturday) so I can reserve some sites and get aset of boxes for the night event. Sign up ASAP at AQ f you're interested (and let me know if you want to donate boxes to the event)! I split the WNY event posting into two so I could keep track of the overnighters and the daytrippers. http://www.atlasquest.com/events/event.html?gEventId=102 has the overnight event and http://www.atlasquest.com/events/event.html?gEventId=171 has the Saturday event only. I'd like to try and get us all in the A loop for camping, somewhere in sites 15-32, so if you can make your reservations now, DO so at the website I listed (and don't wait...the sites go fast in summer!).
Note: If you only plan on staying for the day, do NOT sign up for the overnight event. If you were signed up for the original event in Allegheny , you're now signed up for the overnighter (since I just changed the location in the original listing), If that's not what you want now, you'll need to remove yourself and sign up for the day event.
IF you ARE staying overnight, you can sign up for both, but at LEAST sign up for the night one. They actually have separate eventstamps!
The ("You can seem me glow at night!") Sprite & the (always wondered why the underside of his kilt lit up after dark...!) Highlander
Also, the WNY gathering in August is going to be at Darien Lakes State Park...check here to take a look http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=63). This will be like Fear Faketor...a day event of boxing on Saturday for those who want to come in and out without staying on site and a two night camping event with night boxing for those who want to stay overnight (Friday will be just a check in night, while Saturday will be some night boxing and more hang out time). The theme will be amusement park based, but we will NOT be at Six Flags Darien Lake...anyone interested can certainly go, though!
Anyway, I need to know ASAP how many people are planning on staying overnight (at least on Saturday) so I can reserve some sites and get aset of boxes for the night event. Sign up ASAP at AQ f you're interested (and let me know if you want to donate boxes to the event)! I split the WNY event posting into two so I could keep track of the overnighters and the daytrippers. http://www.atlasquest.com/events/event.html?gEventId=102 has the overnight event and http://www.atlasquest.com/events/event.html?gEventId=171 has the Saturday event only. I'd like to try and get us all in the A loop for camping, somewhere in sites 15-32, so if you can make your reservations now, DO so at the website I listed (and don't wait...the sites go fast in summer!).
Note: If you only plan on staying for the day, do NOT sign up for the overnight event. If you were signed up for the original event in Allegheny , you're now signed up for the overnighter (since I just changed the location in the original listing), If that's not what you want now, you'll need to remove yourself and sign up for the day event.
IF you ARE staying overnight, you can sign up for both, but at LEAST sign up for the night one. They actually have separate eventstamps!
The ("You can seem me glow at night!") Sprite & the (always wondered why the underside of his kilt lit up after dark...!) Highlander
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