I'm still waiting in the cyclone's eye

[sovay]

I meant to make some kind of note here last night, but I was a walking out of brain error by the time I got home. I regret nothing. Yesterday I spent something like seven hours at Six Flags New England with derspatchel and David and C. and it was wonderful. We rode the Thunderbolt, the Mind Eraser, Bizarro (three times), Batman: The Dark Knight (three or four times), Gotham City Gauntlet, and the Wicked Cyclone. There was much air time and zero-g and soaring falls at night and generally not too much waiting in lines. There were Halloween zones of wandering zombies and aliens and chainsaw-wielding maniacs and some of those people were having a lot of fun. There was not very much park food, but I got Dippin' Dots. For various reasons mostly pertaining to the difficulty of finding dinner, I got home at two in the morning and did not fall asleep until sometime after five. It was the last celebration of my birthday weekend; it was worth it. Today I am attempting to do something useful with my brain. Like work.

Comments

[phi]

Yay. I'm glad you had a great birthday weekend. *hugs*

[sovay]

I'm glad you had a great birthday weekend.

Thank you! I want it to be some kind of omen, but even if it isn't, it was just really nice.

*hugs*

[kate_nepveu]

Woo amusement park! I'll have to remember that I can do them in the fall, too; I always mean to take a day during the summer and go solo and never get around to it.

[sovay]

I'll have to remember that I can do them in the fall, too; I always mean to take a day during the summer and go solo and never get around to it.

It worked great! The weather was nice, the crowds weren't enormous, there was the thing where certain zones of the park turned into Halloween after dark, but the aliens/zombies/chainsaw-wielding maniacs were very good at not engaging with people who didn't look like they were there for the screams. And the rides were wonderful. derspatchel took some pictures, currently visible on Twitter if you slightly scroll down. You should totally go.

[gwynnega]

Sounds like an excellent finale to the birthday celebration!

[sovay]

Sounds like an excellent finale to the birthday celebration!

It was great!

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

Amusement parks are always worth it. So glad you went!

[sovay]

Amusement parks are always worth it. So glad you went!

We'd been planning the trip for something like a month, because of everyone's work schedule. And it worked out!