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Djam Karet - Consider Figure Three I'm sure you're all familiar with this one... dt

^What she said. Seriously, there might be 13 coasters there, but when the best ride in the park is a powered mine train, there may be a problem. PCW is a nice looking park, is clean, and the people there were polite enough, but there was nothing there that we rode again, and there's nothing there that would make me take a trip back there. Some of the coasters were painful, including the worst SLC I have ever been on! And the flat rides, while they looked cool, were not all that exciting. One of them might have been, but there was such a short cycle on it that you got almost no sense of even minor intensity. Plus the operator screaming over the PA to "hold on to the handles" the entire cycle wasn't fun either. The soaking top spin was fun, though. And the donut frying machine... dt

I have an XBox, which I still really haven't gotten around to using. I am quite the lazy soul... dt

I've never tried to drive a manual transmission car. I would like to go to one of those racing schools, though... dt

^Yeah, that thing is brutal! But they took out their mouse ride, which was almost as deadly... Dave "now they need to get MFI's shot tower for their 'Pain' collection" Thomas

Lakemont never seems to be busy, unless they're giving away free food. I was there on one of those days, and have never seen so many mullets, bad tattoos, chain smoking, cursing and shoving...and don't get me started on their husbands! Seriously, that was one annoying day at that park. I think all I did was ride LTD a couple of times before bailing. On most normal days, you'll be able to ride everything without much of a wait. I really like this park, but it's not somewhere that I'd normally end up spending more than half a day there at the most. Delgrosso's is right up the road, and is usually much more crowded. Be sure to try the pizza and the potato salad. It is godly! dt

Dorney Park = Best Lazy River EVER! Well, of the Lazy Rivers I've been on, anyway. It would only be improved if you could sip frozen drinks while floating around... I grew up in PA, so I've watched this park change over the years. I think I liked it better before CF took it over. Brakes on Thunderhawk and Steel Force really have tamed those rides. The wild mouse is a joke, and Talon is, um, Talon. Laser does kick much ass, though, still one of the most intense coasters out there. I'll judge Hydra when I ride it, but I'll say that I'm not going to be rushing over to the park to get a ride on it right away... dt

Wood: Phoenix Raven Wild One Viper SCBB Giant Dipper Steel Millennium Force Fire Dragon S:ROS (SFNE) S:ROS (SFA) Storm Runner dt

This isn't really inspiring me for my first ever X ride next week... :? Dave "stocking up on the Tylenol with Morphine now" Thomas

Just saw Constantine. Good, but not great. The story kind of wanders at some points, though there are some cool moments. Probably should have worked on the script a little more. dt

^Ah, you were at ProgPower! So were we. It took us ten hours to fly from Baltimore to Altanta that day...that sucked! Good to see someone else with good taste in music posting here... dt

^Someone knows who Symphony X is? And Edguy?!? I am shocked! There is yet hope for humanity... Oh, and I'm currently wearing sweat pants and a Medusa t-shirt that I got at the 2000 SFMW media day. I just got up awhile ago, forgive my wardrobe choices... dt

You might want to make that list a "sticky" at the top of the page, as I imagine that you get asked a lot "what song is this?" or whatever. Just a thought... Dave "none of the music I suggest ever makes it into a video for some reason" Thomas

The brown/orangish color = new post White = no new posts Vibrating/Moving Icon = "Hot" topic (usually a topic with more than a page of posts) I spend far too much time reading web boards... dt

I'm wearing my "Home Of The Whopper" boxers... Dave "Truth In Advertising!" Thomas

^I'll probably smack you on the ass and scream "Are you ready for some Dirty Deeds?" in my best Bon Scott voice... Actually, you like Dream Theater and Rush, so you are automatically cool in my book, so I'll probably leave out the ass smacking stuff until I get to know you better... Dave "will be in LA soon" Thomas

I'm going to go see Constantine tomorrow. I hope it doesn't suck too hard. The main character in the comic is a bitter, drunken obnoxious man, which of course is just what you think of when you hear the name "Keanu Reeves"... :? dt

Rock! I'll be at the Swan in a couple of weeks, I'll have to think of entertaining things to do for the camera... dt

Kanonen looks like it will be fun! Dave "we'll find out in a few months!" Thomas

I should get the groom ones for when I go to WDW in March, and when people ask "where's the bride?" I can lean in close after looking around and whisper "at the bottom of the lake"... Dave "I'm sure Mare will bail me out when security hauls me away...I hope" Thomas

Black Symphony X t-shirt Gray sweatpants 5 points for anyone that actually knows what Symphony X is without looking it up on Google or some other site... dt

The tower at Martin's Fantasy Island. If, of course, the topic is "your favorite drop ride to cause spinal damage!" My favorite is probably ToT, or the drop at PKI. Dave "that one at Heide looks like it will be fun!" Thomas

^You can sort of, almost, see my head in that pic. Good choice! Best small park: Knoebels. There is no contest. Best Big Park: IOA I do like WDW a lot. But I give IOA the edge because of the Dragons. And Mythos... dt

Hmmm...that picture looks like something the police would find plastered all over the walls of some axe murderer's home... Dave "looking forward to this park this summer...I think" Thomas

I used to work in games, so I'll add some stuff. Elissa is right, get invovled in the modding community. It's stuff you can show off, especially if your mod gets finished. If you want to be an artist, I'm not sure that majoring in Computer Graphics is a good idea. I think you can teach yourself almost as much by purchasing a decent 3D program and learning on your own. It depends on how motivated you are, of course. If you're interested in the computer graphics end of gaming at all, I advise you to hang out and read over at http://www.cgtalk.com. Especially read the various discussions about all the schools and programs out there, as the place is packed with people that work in the CG industry and you can pick up a ton of pointers about schools and programs there. Getting into a company can be hard. You may have to take a testing or tech support job to get in. You'll make crap money and the job will likely drive you mad, but if you do decent work and can stick it out, you'll usually have a chance to move on. That's how I ended up in marketing. Hope this was somewhat helpful. Any other questions, ask away... dt