Sunday, September 5, 2004

   Mass, Me, and Mayhem
I stayed up late last night watching CrH and Lady Katana play Literati, and then taking a hand at a game myself. I was winning until, naturally, I had to leave and go to bed. From what I hear, though, CrH wound up winning. Which is cool. My seat won, at least. =p

I was woken up this morning at about 10:00. I got up, got ready to go and went to Mass. Nothing really out of the ordinary there. Well, nothing particularly different about the Mass. I suppose that there are several extraordinary things that go on in the Mass, actually. What with the Transubstantiation and all...

Yeah, anyways. I came home and made myself some breakfast. No, not burned myself some breakfast; I actually succeeded in making something. I sort did an okay job of frying two eggs, and I managed to get them on some slices of bread easily enough. Add some cheese and ketchup, and I had myself a good eggs sandwich. Yum.

After that, I headed upstairs to my room. I chatted on AIM with various people, while simultaneously reading in my history book. I actually finished the Chapter I was supposed to read, so now all I have to do is answer the 24 questions and do the 15 Identifications. No problem.

Well, it wouldn't be that much of a problem, except that I have other subjects, too. And I have a picnic that is going to take up most of tomorrow. So, that makes it into a bigger sort of problem.

Crap. I feel like I'm totally going to be screwed. But I know I won't be. No matter how bad things seem for me in terms of poor time management and procrastinating; somehow, I always pull through. Maybe a little bit worse for the wear, but still mostly okay. Heh, so much for a restful three day weekend. :p

By the time I finished reading for history, (among the other things I was doing) it was just about time for me to be picked up. I changed out of my shorts and into some pants, as the weather has been turning chilly lately. My dad found the windbreaker I had borrowed from him, and so I had that to wear as well.

Victoria's dad showed up just about when she said he would, and I got in the car. He drove down to Sacred Heart to pick up Victoria, and then we were off. ^_^

It didn't take us too long to get to the Waterford Speedbowl, maybe fifteen minutes, or something. We found a parking spot, fooled ourselves into thinking we could find it again, and then went to buy tickets. It was $14 for adults, and $5 for children ages 6-14, I think. Children five and under were free. It was a pretty reasonable price, considering the range of the children's ticket covered a large enough area.

We found a likely spot on the benches, and then waited for about forty-five minutes as more people bought tickets and slowly filled up the stands.

The first event of the evening was a "Blind Bus Race." Two school buses were brought out onto a sort of racetrack, each with two people inside. One of the people inside was the driver, who would be blindfolded. The other was a navigator, to guide the driver and try to prevent him from crashing into things. It wasn't much of a race at first. One of the drivers was very cautious, and couldn't even come close to the other bus. After the other bus got about half the track for a lead, the officials called a time out. They started off the buses back on the starting line, and let them go for the final five laps, admonishing them to stop being babies and speed up. =p

The race was a bit more interesting after that, with a bunch of narrow turns with the buses side by side. Several times, one bus came very close to crashing into the barrier, which was maybe twenty five or thirty feet away from me. ^_^;;

So, one guy won, one guy lost. Next event.

I believe the next event was the Four Cylinder Demolition Derby. Basically, they took a bunch of drivers in beaten up cars and put them in a blocked off area to ram each other into submission. It was fun to watch. ^_^ The winner wound up being one of the three female drivers out there. Her car was the only one left functioning by the end of it. Which is...how she won. >_>;;

After they had towed off the smashed up cars and miscellaneous broken parts, a space was set up for a nice game of soccer. Only, the soccer players were four buses. And the ball was a little white car. :D

The four buses started off on opposite sides of the "field". When the countdown completed, the buses surged forward, pushing the little car ahead of them. Then one would strike another bus, and stop. The car was crushed in a matter of minutes, sort of rolling underneath some of the buses when they tried to move it. Eventually, though, one of the buses got ahold of the car and drove it straight through in between the two opposing buses. Heh, it was cool. :D

Next up was the Eight Cylinder Demolition Derby. This was for cars with eight cylinder engines, although I think the winning car actually only had a six cylinder. More general mayhem ensued, with so much smoke and gas and such rising up so that much of the field was obscured. There was one car, Warhog with a little stuffed pig atop of it. Warhog came very, very close to winning, and Victoria and I were cheering it on. :D Sadly, it got pinned in a corner and some puny little car without a proper rear end took the win. =/

Watching the victorious car drive away was pretty funny though, heh. Its back wheels didn't work, and the backside/bumper dragged along on the ground behind as the front wheels pulled it away.

Finally, it was time for the grand finale. School Bus Demolition Derby! >:D

Last bus to move and able to strike another bus wins.

There were six buses; it was awesome. Twist, RAM. Spin, BAM. :D Fun fun fun fun fun.

It eventually got down to two cars. On one, he steering was almost totally shot. The front wheels pointed off in different directions, and occasionally turned perpendicular to the bus. It was still able to move, though, sluggishly. The other bus was scrunched up, having been savagely struck from both front and rear. The hoods of both buses were gone, and the engines could be seen by the stadium lights. With one final charge, the scrunched bus collided right with the engine of the other bus. The bus's engine blew apart into pieces, spraying all sorts of liquids in every direction. Spectacular. ^___^

Victoria and Mr. Fleury were a bit disappointed that there was no trailer racing, which I guess is a funny thing to watch. This was my first visit to the place, though, so all fo it was new to me. I had a fantastic time, regardless of the lack of trailer racing. :D

I got home, and started typing up a response to Anime Stereotype High School. Part of the way through, however, my computer froze up. O_O;; I lost the post, and I just couldn't force myself to go and make another one. v_v;;

Oy. I've got to get off my arse and catch up on these RPGs. If only I had more time! x_x;;

Speaking of which. It's nearing eleven o'clock. I've got head off to bed soon if I am to have any coherent thought tomorrow.
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