Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Boredom: A Photo Essay

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One day, Brett decided to put on every harness he could find. Roger approved. He then decided to clip in backwards. And away he went.
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Saturday, July 28, 2007

Buckets of Beer and Touch Screen Trivia

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The Hexagon Lounge, the Park's bar/restaurant, was a popular apres -shift destination during the winter seasons. One of the main draws w...
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Friday, July 27, 2007

I Dream of Mickey

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I hope we're not giving the impression that it was all fun and wacky hijinks in polyester over there. We spent a lot of time being flat...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Shake it off

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One afternoon, I was working an Alpine Slide mid-station. Located near the bottom of the slide, the main purpose of the position was to assi...
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Thursday, July 19, 2007

The Dance of Work Joy

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In addition to demonstrating how tremendously psyched we were to be at work that day, this photo also showcases the unflattering nature of t...
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Friday, July 13, 2007

The Action Never Stops

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Here's another Park commercial from the 80s. a>. Prominently featured are the Aerodium and the Rock & Roll Show, both of which co...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

After the rain...

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...came the task of drying the track of the Alpine Slide. The track was a slick fiberglass, so the job was tricky. How did we do it? Well, a...
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

How not to ride a chair lift.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Radio, Radio

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While most rides at the Park would only close during electrical storms, the Alpine Slide would close at the first sign of precipitation. Eve...
Thursday, June 07, 2007

A Steve By Any Other Name

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I worked with a lot of dudes named Steve at the Park. So many that we had to add qualifiers to their names. One such Steve was dubbed Big St...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

$71 Well Spent

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I just got back a wedding in Puerto Vallarta. I had a really great time drinking cervezas y margaritas and making the locals laugh with my ...
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Monday, April 30, 2007

Weebles Wobble But They Don't Jump Down

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I recently read that the Dean of Admissions at MIT resigned because she fabricated her academic credentials way back in the 70's. Which...
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Friday, April 27, 2007

Debunking the Steve Albini Connection

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As awesome as this album is, it has nothing to do with the Park. Too bad, really.
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Sunday, April 22, 2007

Orange Soda

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Double shifts and 60-hour work weeks were common at the Park. It was the only way to rack up enough hours to qualify for an unlimited ski se...
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Thursday, April 19, 2007

The Ride That Spawned A Thousand Legends

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I give you the most notorious ride at the Park, the Cannonball Loop- pictured here on one of the rare days it was operational: Yes, it is a ...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

All Right, Get on the Bus!

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This is one of my favorite Park memories of all time: This guy here? This is Jamie. He's one of my absolute faves. I stopped by to see h...
Friday, April 13, 2007

Fruit as Projectile.

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I don't want to give anyone the impression that all anyone ever did while working at the Park was act like a responsibility-shirking jer...
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Water World Wars

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Most of my Park days were spent working in Water World. Someone paid me to stand around in a bathing suit and get a tan. It's what I wou...
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Thursday, April 12, 2007

Now I'm really stretching.

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But I'll allow it, because of the time I was reading Breakfast of Champions at the mid-station of the Transmobile and Al, the Manager o...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

A tale that is tangentially related to the Park

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I'm having trouble with my Cannonball Loop post, so here's a little something to tide you over until I tell the story of the scaries...
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