Food, folks, and go-karts: Friday
Some weekends are better than others. This happened to be one of those weekends.
Friday
David and Gabe arrived around four and promptly insisted we head to the go-kart track. Sounded fun, if not expensive, but we had some time to kill before heading to the theaters for the evenings entertainment, Batman Begins. We arrived at the go-kart track and I was surprised to see how fast the F-1 go-karts were. We turned over our money and prepared for the race, which included watching a video, putting on a balaclava (sp), and selecting a helmet. Our race came up and we shuffled to our karts. As we waited for the go signal my heart was racing, I imagine it felt something like a real race car driver feels as a race begins. We were strapped in, helmets on and ready to go. Then the race started.
The go-karts were remote controlled, meaning that the race supervisor could raise and lower the top speed depending on the conditions, i.e. a crash occurs, slow down the karts. As we came out the the gate, the pace was slow but that dissapated quickly as all the carts came onto the track. Suddenly, our speed increased dramatically and we were off, all of us quickly discovering how exceptionally easy it was to spin the karts out (speed + racing tires + slick cement + turn = spin out). After a few laps I got the hang of it and started to make some good times. Towards the end I caught up to Gabe and was attemting to pass him, never quite making it though. It was close but he spun out on one a turn where I would have passed him if he wouldn't have spun, as it was I had to break to avoid t-boning him.
All too soon the race was over and we received our stat sheets. While I would like to say I was the fastest of our group I would be lying. David won both the fastest lap honor (28.64 David, 28.88 Chris, >28.88 Gabe) and fastest lap average (31.80 David, 31.84 Chris, >31.84 Gabe). Four-hundreths of a second, can you believe that shit? By the time the race was over we needed to get a move on to make it to the movie in time for the 5:20 start time.
We got to the theater with just minutes to spare. As we were walking in we were approached by a lady who appeared to be high.
LWATBH: Hey, are you going to see Star Wars?
Us: No.
LWATBH: They're giving away free posters if you go to see Star Wars.
Us: *Confused*
Completely random. Then we sat down to catch the show. Needless to say, here is my opinion of Batman Begins. You MUST go see Batman Begins, immediately. Batman Begins kicks all asses, do not pass go, go directly to Batman Begins. You will not be disappointed. I went in thinking it would be good, but it ws terrific, probably the best feeling I've had going to a movie since I saw Gladiator. The action is perfect, the style is perfect, the plot is well done, the movie is perfect....plus, it has ninjas. It blows all other superhero movies out of the water, the competition is not even close, in a word, it was superb.
On the nightcap we returned to my humble domicile to await the arrival of my parents and Colleen, whereupon we ate food, drank beer and generally made marry.
Next: Saturday
David and Gabe arrived around four and promptly insisted we head to the go-kart track. Sounded fun, if not expensive, but we had some time to kill before heading to the theaters for the evenings entertainment, Batman Begins. We arrived at the go-kart track and I was surprised to see how fast the F-1 go-karts were. We turned over our money and prepared for the race, which included watching a video, putting on a balaclava (sp), and selecting a helmet. Our race came up and we shuffled to our karts. As we waited for the go signal my heart was racing, I imagine it felt something like a real race car driver feels as a race begins. We were strapped in, helmets on and ready to go. Then the race started.
The go-karts were remote controlled, meaning that the race supervisor could raise and lower the top speed depending on the conditions, i.e. a crash occurs, slow down the karts. As we came out the the gate, the pace was slow but that dissapated quickly as all the carts came onto the track. Suddenly, our speed increased dramatically and we were off, all of us quickly discovering how exceptionally easy it was to spin the karts out (speed + racing tires + slick cement + turn = spin out). After a few laps I got the hang of it and started to make some good times. Towards the end I caught up to Gabe and was attemting to pass him, never quite making it though. It was close but he spun out on one a turn where I would have passed him if he wouldn't have spun, as it was I had to break to avoid t-boning him.
All too soon the race was over and we received our stat sheets. While I would like to say I was the fastest of our group I would be lying. David won both the fastest lap honor (28.64 David, 28.88 Chris, >28.88 Gabe) and fastest lap average (31.80 David, 31.84 Chris, >31.84 Gabe). Four-hundreths of a second, can you believe that shit? By the time the race was over we needed to get a move on to make it to the movie in time for the 5:20 start time.
We got to the theater with just minutes to spare. As we were walking in we were approached by a lady who appeared to be high.
LWATBH: Hey, are you going to see Star Wars?
Us: No.
LWATBH: They're giving away free posters if you go to see Star Wars.
Us: *Confused*
Completely random. Then we sat down to catch the show. Needless to say, here is my opinion of Batman Begins. You MUST go see Batman Begins, immediately. Batman Begins kicks all asses, do not pass go, go directly to Batman Begins. You will not be disappointed. I went in thinking it would be good, but it ws terrific, probably the best feeling I've had going to a movie since I saw Gladiator. The action is perfect, the style is perfect, the plot is well done, the movie is perfect....plus, it has ninjas. It blows all other superhero movies out of the water, the competition is not even close, in a word, it was superb.
On the nightcap we returned to my humble domicile to await the arrival of my parents and Colleen, whereupon we ate food, drank beer and generally made marry.
Next: Saturday
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