No doubts at all that this was a fully-rounded success story. We started at a new pinball joint with the latest Star Trek game to kick the tires on, as well as tasty pizza slices and tender beer. We got evacuated out of the Metreon with credits still lingering in another game. We got to sit through two horrible movies with the great Cinematic Titanic....
I should fill in some details here. First, it was bittersweet knowing that this was the last time I'd see them, yet I was so happy to have the chance. Josh was still unable to perform so Gruber stepped in and I've got to say was frickin' hilarious, as always! This was another give and take because Josh has elevated himself in my eyes from when I first saw him do standup with Joel on Halloween of 1988 to becoming one of my favorite riffers in this group. So it was sad not to see him, yet Gruber was awesome, and there were some poison sprinkles in there somewhere.
There were definite technical difficulties throughout the first movie The Doll Squad. The audio for the movie itself was horrible so that it had to be cranked to hear the dialog over the shitty sound effects, and when the sound effects revved up you lost the riffs. Many people were unhappy about that. But then along came Astral Factor and almost all of that was gone and instead we had one of the most solid riff experiences I've ever had with this ensemble. There was one special effect that tended to get too loud and in the way, but this movie was the perfect cap to the whole experience. The Doll Squad became a chore for me at times, but this next one just blew all of that away.
I stood in line to give my thanks to the crew, have my Amazing Colossal Episode Guide signed, and get the pic with Joel in the previous post. Oh yeah, FATGUY SEZ EXCLUSIVE REPORT: JOEL WATCHES EVERY EPISODE OF ADVENTURE TIME AND ENJOYS IT! I made sure to ask that question while nervously getting my camera ready for the shot.
The rest of the trip consisted of a day of downtime with lots of lazy football watching followed by a day on the mountain before heading back to where we started for more Star Trek and pizza before I got on that ol' flight home.
Now I'm trying not to twiddle my thumbs away waiting to hear whether I got this job I just applied for. Really, really want this one.....
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