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Akira, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, and Yu-Gi-Oh all suck as anime, but the manga versions I do like. Gasaraki is one of my favorites, along with Martian Successor Nadesco, Excell Saga, Escaflowne, Record of Lodoss War, Cowboy Bepop, and Irresponsible Caption Tylor. Unfortunately, I don't own them any more. On deployment I had money to burn, but since I became a poor college students, I had to sell them off.

I agree. I keep finding myself in lines for rides that cause the most distress. It's either my suicidal streak or I'm just a glutton for fear.

Why visit an amusement park in Nevada when the Las Vegas Strip has it all? Then again, the idea of Area 51 and a Sci-fi theme park sounds cool.

Enchanted Forest and Thrillville in Salem and Oaks Amusment Park in Portland hold the most, though I don't really count those as real theme parks. I go there mostly for nostalgic purposes (they were my favorite places growning up) and for whenever I need a coaster fix and I don't have the time or money to go elsewhere. As for the major theme parks, that would be Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm. And now that my brother lives in Santa Clarita, SFMM will soon catch up to them.

A few times I've seen the rockets launch, only to have it fizzle and come back down on the people lighting the fireworks. Years later I get a chuckle out of it, especially in remembering how everyone was scrambling to get out of the area. Fortunately no was injured. I do remember an incident during a fireworks display in Newport, Oregon. Someone had the bright idea of exploding fireworks on a boat as it came sailing into the harbor. It produced a rather impressive display, only to catch the boat on fire. Needless to say the boat never made it to the docks.

Many years ago on a ride at Lagoon, a bee flew into my mouth and stung me. Had a fat lip for a day or so. Should count my lucky stars that it wasn't a bird. I'm curious, though, what do you mean when a bird sets a trap? Do they think the cars and/or people are a meal?

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^^ Gotta love Sir Mix-A-Lot.

I don't have Bi-polar, but I have been dealing with depression for years. I don't take medication, partially because the side effects were causing some problems and partially because anti-depressants are frowned upon in the military. It seems odd (at least to me) that someone with depression would pursue the military--the excessive stress of combat alone carries a heavy toll--but I have found that being in the Army helps me to keep living because I'm just too damn scared to die. Besides, there something about difficult challenges that creats such a wonderful high after it's done. Still, I do have my moments. Alcohol complements my depressed moods, so I try to keep those drunk times as few and far apart as possible. I find that I tend to be impuslive, just to get my mind off thinking, but ignoring problems won't make them go away. One thing I can say that does help: find any reason to laugh. Laughter is the one thing that has helped my depression from being worse than it is. I'm always quick to laugh, and it's pretty loud by what others have said. And remember: The greatest battles aren't fought on battlefields, courtrooms, or in Congress. They aren't fought with weapons, vehicles, computers, or gadgets. No, the greatest battles in life are fought within the walls of your own soul.

I was raised in a Mormon household and I drink alcohol--a lot. I thank the U.S. Army for that. I don't like beer at all. I do like Smirnoff, Mike's, and such, which the guys in my Guard unit refer to as bitch pops.

Today, in Oregon, it rained so much that people were driving through rivers to get to work. Typically everyone is use to all this rain, but the first real rain storm of fall is hampered by all the leaves clogging drains. So, like any poor college student, I decided to go fishing. I caught a nice BMW, but the owner wouldn't let me keep it.

Yeah, the song is dumb, but I didn't find it annoying. Now if you had used "Barbie's World" by Aqua, now that would be completely annoying!!! (I admit I do have a copy of Aqua's song, but I only use it to annoy other people with! It's so much fun.) BTW, that is a good video, and the transitions are cool.

What a trip down memory lane that is!!! Never thought of putting the pool at the bottom of the slide, but many times we put the hose on the slide. I must I admit I thought about building one of my own coasters, but never had the balls to go through with it. Even after seeing all these, I'm still not sure if I want to attempt it.

The answer is "No." On any U.S. military base in any country, Federal laws still apply, which means you cannot drink under the age of 21. However, if you're off post and not in the U.S. . . .

Why do they keep making sequels to horrible movies?!?! Hollywood has got to get better writers! All the current ones are rehashing old, stupid ideas. (And yes, I've seen both Final Destination movies and they suck, bad.)

I consider myself straight, though at times I wonder. My social skills are not the best and members of the opposite sex often have a hard time dealing with my sarcastic, sardonic, and often cynical sense of humor (and it can also get demented and grotesque as well). Yeah, I'm the one that pulled the Mad Scientist award in high school. I skipped my ten year reunion, but I bet a lot of people would be quivering in their shoes if they knew I work with explosives in the Army. (They all know how awful they treated me in those hell years.) Anyways, I picked up an interesting word from a young lady in my Linguistics class: heteroflexible. In other words, it someone who considers themselves straight, but would not hesisitate with a fling with the same sex.

Those free falling drop towers, largely because I do have a fear of heights. But I do love the views from the top. Deja Vu at SFMM is also bad one for me. Dangling face down with only the restraints to hold you unnerves me greatly. And to think I seriously thought about going to Airborne School and learn how to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.

Goliath at SFMM is the first to come to mind, during that helix at the end. Only rode it once, and I probably won't again because of it. An interesting bit I learned as a kid is to turn your head to the side on a looping coaster and watch the whole world rotate. Yet from time to time when I do that, it may cause my vision to go a little gray, so I don't do it often. The worst gray/black out was at the Oregon State Fair on the Loop-o-Plane. The ride attendant cranked the speed so hard that I nearly passed out. I was sick for hours afterward.

I prefer the front, but it also depends on the coaster (and how long the line is for the front seat).

So far I'm the only one from Oregon and the entire Northwest. I know there's more of us coaster junkies out here.

The que for Star Tours at Disneyland still stands out as one of my favorites. There's something about watching R2-D2 and C-3PO bickering, along with the other off-the-wall droids. The waiting line at the Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton is also interesting, largely because of all the props, costumes, and such on display. Oddly enough, I never had any real problems with que for the Riddler at SFMM. Then again, the last time I was there it was on a weekday in May 2004. X was the worse line because the train kept over shooting the station. The only que I never really liked was for the Colossal Fire Dragon at Lagoon in Utah--you never had a choice as to where you sat on the train.

I had just got off a deployment with the National Guard, so I had money to burn. (Why else would I be in Vegas?) As I recall, they had some half-off deal going on, but I could be thinking of Speed the Ride up at the Sahara. Speed's the best coaster on the Strip!!!

Most painful: Mahattan Express, hands down. After I watched the POV video, I just had to ride it for myself. To make it worst, I actually rode it several more times. It was a good thing I wasn't drinking that day. I would have had more than a just a few bruises. I have screamed myself hoarse on numerous coasters, but that doesn't count. It's my way of saying it's a damn good ride. As to the most fun coaster, all I can say is: Too many costers, not enough time (or money for that matter).

WOW!!! Those are some great coasters!!! Too bad they're just models--they would be a blast to ride. (Now if there was some way to strap on a camera to create a POV . . .) What was the trick to create an inverted coaster? I didn't think that was possible. BTW, Lahar and Rattlesnake were my favorities.

Just like Legos, I can't seem to go beyond the included construction plans. I may be in the U. S. Army Corp of Engineers, but all I really know how to do is blow things up. Does anybody have some step-by-step plans to construct these crazy contraptions?