June 05, 2006
A race to destroy...
Have any of you been to a demolition derby? I mean, actually there, not on TV! I just started working for a concession stand again. I worked there last year, and began again this Saturday at Lafayette's annual demolition derby. It's kind of exciting for the first heat or so, but soon it gets very tiring. You'll be making lemon shake-ups to the constant drone of engines in reverse, and the crunching of metal and the horn of the refs and the yelling of the spectators. And this isn't just any droning, the power of the engines and the thud of crashes rumble through your feet from 7:00 to 10:00. I slept that night dreaming of semi trucks in my bedroom! As far as the driving went, this year we actually had a guy flip, engine on fire, windows melting. The driver was fine and the crowd went wild. There were some other fire spurts, and some major smashes into the wall. The ambulance wasn't needed though...which is always a good thing...By the time the thing is over, you relish the quiet and the lack of shock waves through you feet! My ears won't be the same either...all in all, the excitement boils down to a bunch of junky beat of cars, driven by hicks with half their teeth, busting each other up. After seeing a couple of them, they get pretty old! However, I wouldn't mind driving in one...once...maybe...
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yaaayy you posted!!!
hehe sorry this is a terrible comment but i really gotta get off of here!!!
Hahahaha! *high pitched maniacal laughter... I mean, you can really tell this guy's lost it...* Explosions, Balls of fire, Flame! I just love that kind of thing... lol.
Lemon shake-ups? Don't make me laugh! We all know you only work under cocmpulsion.
With little to no respect,
The Phantom of the Kitchen.
racing and cars just aren't in your blood. there's nothing that makes me feel better than than squeeling tires or the roar of an engine or the flying of dirt. It just...oh I love it!! demolition derbies are awesome. You've never seen the Riepe boys demolition derby, and if you did you'd like it. if races are ending at 10 there's something wrong. races around here don't end till midnight er so. to me there's nothin' like a good race.
charity - yes! i am back in action...
graham - yeah, explosions, fire, it's all there...glorious...
Phantom of the kitchen....hmm...i wonder who that is??
well, christina, racing is in my blood, but that racing is about speed, not smashing people up to no end...lol!
sounds scary, lol. Scary but fun
you gotta point there, Andrew.
So Andrew,
Time to comment on your own entry but not enough time to post? It seems I was more right then I thought about your work ethic. As to your comment, be warned! You may not know ME, but I always know YOU.
Ungraciously,
The Phantom of the Kitchen.
Cool cool......neat job. I can sort of imagine the noise and the excitement. I wish I had more of that at my work! Not that taking orders, serving people and bussing is all that bad.
Oh and....hurray for the post! heh....
Phantom of the Kitchen,
don't you just love doing that to people? "you may not know me but I know everything about you". I love kreepin' out Michael Gorter doin' that.
Andrew,
I read your petty excuse in "Dinner's on." Do not think you have escaped my wrath with your off hand reference.
Ah yes, Madame Christina. I advise you in the future to refrain from correcting my grammar! And as for the "creeping people out." I am surprised at you! Certainly you see that because I don't comment as a blogger I don't have a profile that you can see. I can see that you also prefer a certain amount of anonymity as shown by your photograph.
So remember, Miss Riepe, and all the rest of you! You may not know ME, but I always know YOU.
Unsincerely,
The Phantom of the Kitchen.
hehe
well mister phantom...i would advise you to watch yourself, i know everything about you and i can reveal it all at any given moment...
you all forgot your evil laughs. What is this, some kind of evil guy wanna be assylum? lol. Also, what is put on our profiles that is not completely worthless information wise anyway? That being the case, can our phantom tell us who I am?
And, Andrew, I suppose you know who I am too?
Your inquisitive friend,
The Archduke of the Keyboard
Madame Christina,
"hehe"? And you critisize MY grammar.
Andrew,
You wouldn't dare you feeble mortal.
Graham,
Evil laughs? don't be so cliched Mr. McCullough! Ha! your identity is not a seacret to me! And you think the information is worthless. Have a look at your own profile.
Graham
* Age: 17
* Gender: male
* Astrological Sign: Aquarius
* Zodiac Year: Dragon
* Occupation: Student
* Location: Sana'a : Yemen
Interests
* Guitar
* most music
* Pyrotechnics
* music composition
* reading
* computer games
* projectiles
* role playing
Favorite Movies
* Matrix
* LOTR
Favorite Music
* Kutless
* Thousand Foot Krutch
* Falling Up
* Evanescence
Favorite Books
* Empyrion
* LOTR
* Time of the Twins
* Test of the Twins
* War of the Twins
* Michael Chrichton
* Clive Cussler
* and a long list of others...
Tell me THAT'S worthless.
The Phantom of the Kitchen
Hey Andrew, what does "lol" mean?
Your Clueless Friend,
The Archduke of the Keyboard
Andrew,
I must say that I am severely disappointed in you. It seems to me that you have let anyone who wants comment on you blog in the most insolent way. You do NOT appear to have any control over this, and I suggest that you check your comments more often. Frankly, this whole issue is a disgrace! Not only have you so unashamedly allowed these comments to be posted, but you have taken no significant action to refute them or keep them from being published. You should apologize, sir, for every sinister comment you have so unconcernedly allowed on this blog! And not only for that, but for every minute of your life where you have decided not to take action, and instead to sit back and laugh while these people wander all over the place, not to mention the tremendous amount of time you have waited since writing your last entry. You should apologize to EVERYONE for every blog that you've posted and comment you've read, and not done anything about it, and for keeping everyone in a state of miserable suspense by not writing anything in your blog for weeks. You, sir, are an indifferent cad!
Just kidding.
Your exuberant friend,
The Archduke of the Keyboard
ok, that was really weird. 'lol' means Laugh Out Loud.
Phantom of the Kitchen---no, i'm not critisizing (sp?) you. I just crack up really easily.
cy'all later! I'm goin' campin' this weekend!!!
Ok, alright. the information is so valuable. I am going to post all the really critical stats on my life on the internet where hoodoos like you can What was my least favorite class this last year? What is my least favorite song? What type of music do I like (I will give you a hint: it is a type that I gave a name to. I don't know of anyone else who calls it what I do.) Your anonymitty is not complete, nor do you have a complete knowledge of me as you claim. I havn't updated my profile for a while. There are some new books I should put up, as well as some new bands and some new vidios as well.
There's more to me then meets the eye. Which is saying quite a bit considering you've never seen me.
The Phantom of the Kitchen
Graham:
Your least favorite class this last year was AP Chem.
Your least favorite song is Axel F.
You like neohippy music.
sincerely,
The Phantom of the Kitchen
two out of three. The last one is wrong. Impressive though, and I now know who you are.
half of you at any rate.
I do like the summary of demolition derbies at the end of the post :-) How many have you attended? I've only ever been to one.
I know you too, Mr. Phantom of the Kitchen!!!
you probably know me.
The Queen of Ballet
P.S. Do you know ME?? Andrew??
The Phantom of the Kitchen, Do you know me???
Well, thank you, Christina Riepe. I had just finished posting comments on Andrew's previous posts asking what LOL means, and was about to post another comment here saying "Goodness, Andrew, will you be so kind as to tell me what in the world LOL means?" So you ended up saving him the trouble. Andrew, it seems your customers are quicker to respond than you. What was it I read about your working under compulsion?
The Archduke of the Keyboard
anytime.
Man aruchduke...um, i guess i'll tell you again, since u certainly weren't paying any attention...ahem...it means Laugh out loud...so now you know!! and don't forget...ahem...
and...uh..."queen of ballet" considering that you titled yourself as "sis" i think i have a pretty good idea who u r...
(hehe)
Dear Graham,
You might not be as safe as you think. Just because you are in another country doesn't mean that people here can know you rather well. For instance, your whole family will be here later this summer. And believe me, you, your brothers Abe and Peter, and your little sister Gooba Snaaba can get pretty well known during that time.
The Archduke of the Keyboard
I have an army at my door: The phantom of the kitchen, The Archduke of the keyboard, and then posers to the phantom etc.
One of the downsides to being a tck is returning to your "home" country, where you are expected to know everyone, and then you have to go through saying, no, I really don't know you at all to a long line of old ladies.
Dear Graham,
I don't know what you mean by "tck", and I know as well as anybody who knows you that USA may not be considered your "home" country, as is the case with at least some missionary children. But most of all, I am NOT an old lady, or else I would sign myself the ArchDUCHESS of the Keyboard and not the ArchDUKE. And, pardon me for borrowing the phrase,
-- you may not know ME, but you can bet for sure I know YOU-- even though you could trick Cariann Spyridovich the last time you came.
The Archduke of the Keyboard
Archduke of the Keyboard,
TCK stands for third culture kid. It refers to missionary kids or any kids that live in a country other than their "home" country on a non permanent basis. I myself am (used to be) an MK, so I know what it is like.
Sincerely,
Anonymous
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