Valentines Day Ride

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riss at 01.29.08 - 11:54 am
still no place to have the dance....anyone have any ideas?
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Party.
My house.
Be there.
LOLz
 NEWB310
NEWB31001.29.08 - 12:00 pm
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Is there anything by the SM airport?
 User1
User101.29.08 - 12:04 pm
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Yeah say the party is at your house and see what happens.....
 riss
riss01.29.08 - 12:18 pm
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The thing is, I am pretty much sans house. We can party under some nice bridges, though! 
 NEWB310
NEWB31001.29.08 - 12:19 pm
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Speaking of under bridges.........
Under Spring at the Farmlab is a public space that is open all the time.  That should mean we can use it.
 User1
User101.29.08 - 12:21 pm
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where is this??? that sounds good to me
 riss
riss01.29.08 - 12:30 pm
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http://www.notacornfield.com/events/underspring.html
You also try
http://notacornfield.com/events/2006/12/under-spring-is-site-of.html
http://farmlab.org/2007/03/recent-photos-of-farmlab-and-under.html
 User1
User101.29.08 - 12:34 pm
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I posted this in the original thread regarding the abandoned spaces I had mentioned, but it got buried...
(repost)
I know what the inside of every building on that street looks like. Whoever's organizing this, I'd be down to meet up and suss out the best one.
All the attendees can claim ignorance to the legality of the venue if the cops do pop up. But the DJ (assuming he/she will have gear) might get stuck holding the bag?
 hatehills
hatehills01.29.08 - 12:42 pm
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hatehills...meee
 riss
riss01.29.08 - 12:46 pm
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It's a portable party right? Worst case scenario- Just move on to the next location of loiter.
 Joe Borfo
Joe Borfo01.29.08 - 12:47 pm
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I'm all for abandon buildings!  I just posted the stuff on Under Spring cause it was solicited.
 User1
User101.29.08 - 12:51 pm
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Riss is the organizer.  She is the one handling the location.  Talk to her if you have suggestions.
 brassknuckle
brassknuckle01.29.08 - 12:58 pm
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my goldfish wants to be a dj...
my gucci bag wants to be a dj...
...i just don't want to get stuck with this police filled bag...
 Eric Hair
Eric Hair01.29.08 - 1:02 pm
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I hope I get asked to the dance!!!
 funanu
funanu01.29.08 - 1:16 pm
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hey you above me, yeah you, wanna go?
 riss
riss01.29.08 - 1:16 pm
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Sure!!! Yay I have a date to the dance! 
 funanu
funanu01.29.08 - 1:23 pm
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so like what are we gonna wear??
 riss
riss01.29.08 - 1:26 pm
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Im thinking something like a bad 80's prom couple. haha
 funanu
funanu01.29.08 - 1:31 pm
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We gonna have to hit up some Thrift Shops! haha
 funanu
funanu01.29.08 - 1:36 pm
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let me know when.
 riss
riss01.29.08 - 1:36 pm
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Will do. 
So is there gonna be couple/group pictures? That would be pretty cool.
 funanu
funanu01.29.08 - 1:41 pm
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haha with our bikes and all. nice nice.
 riss
riss01.29.08 - 1:43 pm
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the pictures should have like a wallpaper in the background. like school dance pictures.
 funanu
funanu01.29.08 - 1:45 pm
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Oh its already in the making my friend.
 riss
riss01.29.08 - 1:46 pm
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awesome! cant wait for this ride!!! ima spike the punch!
 funanu
funanu01.29.08 - 1:47 pm
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I have friends from spOAKLAND who are planning an invasion of this one. (including sexy's cousin). 
we WILL  be having a sweet polaroid photo booth for bike prom photos!
Also,  there is 
AN EXCELLENT CHANCE that the weather will be perfect.
 trickmilla
trickmilla01.31.08 - 11:01 am
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Riss is still trying to lock in a dance location.  Anyone else with suggestions?
 brassknuckle
brassknuckle01.31.08 - 11:10 am
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sorry, so is the valentines day ride gonna be on the 8th or around the 14th-15th?
 ectoplasm
ectoplasm01.31.08 - 11:10 am
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the 8th is the Valentines Ride
the 14th is the ANTI Valentines Ride
Do Both.
 Joe Borfo
Joe Borfo01.31.08 - 11:32 am
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i think i might be seeing robin trower on the 8th
but im all for anti-valentines day, seeing how I am going to die alone, in the rain, while crying, and bleeding, without my legs, and blind
 ectoplasm
ectoplasm01.31.08 - 12:57 pm
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it's the second friday of the month ride... perhaps we could include some MR branding in the flyer and ride title?
 Roadblock
Roadblock01.31.08 - 1:17 pm
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and Riss, if you need any help, just speak up!
 Joe Borfo
Joe Borfo01.31.08 - 1:25 pm
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Yeah I think a MR logo on the flyer will help make this ride bigger.
 funanu
funanu01.31.08 - 1:50 pm
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I only went to one school dance in high school and that was prom. I hope this cance makes up for all the ones I missed out in high school.
 funanu
funanu01.31.08 - 2:04 pm
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Opps I mean Dance not canse.
 funanu
funanu01.31.08 - 2:04 pm
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I dont like guns though...
 funanu
funanu01.31.08 - 2:19 pm
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Just made some phone calls and renting a real space even in my ghetto neighborhood in Highland Park is several hundred dollars. Being so many people and doing it so late doesn't help to make a deal either.
Under Spring Street bridge would be nice but we'd need FarmLab's permission. Anyone know anybody there?
Mariachi square has been always cool with us.
Olvera Square is romantic and security has been tolerant there in the past.
The County Administration building (temple and Bway) has a huge plaza but I dunno how long we would last.
NE corner of Vermont and Wilshire has this new plaza surrounded by that new ugly building that cries to be exploited before tenants move in.
Hollenbeck Park and Lincoln Park in East LA.
East side of 4th street bridge under the bridge has a quiet dead end street.
 marino
marino01.31.08 - 2:46 pm
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I noticed yesterday that there's a big new building of lofts just built on the west side of Beaudry, between 3rd and 1st.  I rode by it yesterday and it looks like the entire ground floor is parking and there are no doors/gates on the entrances yet.  I've not been by at night to check the security situation, but there are enough folks that live nearby that someone could easily scout it out.
 ideasculptor
ideasculptor01.31.08 - 4:04 pm
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Valentine Ridazz ride....
 skano
skano01.31.08 - 9:03 pm
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Marino -
Under Spring Street bridge would be nice but we'd need FarmLab's permission. Anyone know anybody there?
Me -
From what I've been told, this is designated as a public space.  That means it's open to the public, for public use.  I'll talk to Dee since he was the last person that talked to someone there in regards to Under Spring.    Or you can stop by there tomorrow at noon time to get some instructions on hand to branches combat technics with your garden.
http://farmlab.org/
 User1
User101.31.08 - 10:38 pm
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You do need to ask for it if you are planning to use power and personnel.
I spoke to security gaurd and one staff ,they have instructions to allow anyone to hangout on the grounds at anytime.
They will not put up with liquor,beer (use sports bottles to bypass) and behave.They told me that they previously had issues with some riders trying to climb on building and walls so they got kicked out.
So if you wanna use the spot and have a DJ, most likely they will ask for some security.(paid by us ridazz)
Bottomline
if you wanna show up with BBD's system and party.Just show up.
If you want a DJ and power, hit them up.Speak to Olivia.Shes the most accessible.
Hope it helps.
 deesimple
deesimple02.1.08 - 12:37 am
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So has anybody found a spot for the dance yet? Cuz im reading to dance the night away!
 funanu
funanu02.3.08 - 1:25 pm
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hey, i don't have a man to grab. need a date?
 havaham
havaham02.3.08 - 3:47 pm
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havaham, you can grab me as your date if you need one. not too rough though, i bruise easily.
do we have a set time/location yet? I'd be willing to buy a 5-10 gallon gatorade container from my work if someone can bring it. I'm thinking for some jungle juice, aka love potion?
 DetroitRider
DetroitRider02.3.08 - 4:04 pm
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i need a date, and a dress...yodelicious might be my date if none of you lucky guys hurry up and say yes!!!! 
 rockintothrice
rockintothrice02.3.08 - 5:26 pm
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I thought the dateless women were supposed to ask the available men.
 spiraldemon
spiraldemon02.3.08 - 5:31 pm
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they are i just did...but seeing as how most of you dateless men are already up yodelicious's ass, it would be like youre going with us..LOL jeff where are my damn pictures!!!
 rockintothrice
rockintothrice02.3.08 - 5:35 pm
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i already have a hot date! 
 funanu
funanu02.3.08 - 8:05 pm
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sam, me and rockintothrice are going to double team you.  consider yourself lucky to have two fine ass bitches as your dates.
 yo delicious
yo delicious02.3.08 - 8:40 pm
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sah-weet! 3some to pass!  
Even better, I still don't really have a decent map from online handles to actual people, so I actually have no clue who I'm goin' to the dance with!
I'll just have to dance with all the ladiezz until I figure it out
 ideasculptor
ideasculptor02.3.08 - 8:58 pm
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you know exactly who we are, sam.  i'm so upset you don't remember that drunken night of passion with the mayonaise and midgets.  seriously, click on our handles.  perhaps you need a refresher.
 yo delicious
yo delicious02.3.08 - 9:11 pm
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mayonaise and midgets! dang thats hott!!!
 funanu
funanu02.3.08 - 9:12 pm
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yo delicious likes midgets in her butt and dongs in her mouf at the same time
 spiraldemon
spiraldemon02.3.08 - 9:15 pm
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cANT BELIEVE I MISSED THE MIDGETS, shit what the fuck?
 eddieboyinla
eddieboyinla02.3.08 - 9:18 pm
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Boy, you learn something new every day.  I'd never actually clicked on a profile before.  Who'da thunk people had pictures of themselves there. 
And of course I remember the midgets and sex toys.  Best night of my life, I'm tellin' ya!
 ideasculptor
ideasculptor02.3.08 - 9:24 pm
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god, why this terrible conflict
i said i'd go to a show, but fuck..
I want to get debaucherous and celebrate my abyssal loneliness at a dance
 ectoplasm
ectoplasm02.3.08 - 9:37 pm
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Fuck, I think I'm being stood up...havaham has given me the cold shoulder....must fight urge to ball up in the corner with a bottle of two buck chuck.......
 DetroitRider
DetroitRider02.3.08 - 9:51 pm
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detroitrider, you are not dateless anymore!! You have become the menage au quattro of our awesome date party..bring a goat and your speedo..wooo!! hahahaha  
 rockintothrice
rockintothrice02.3.08 - 10:04 pm
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i think there should a forum for all you ladies to ask male ridazz to the dance.  si or no?
 funanu
funanu02.3.08 - 10:09 pm
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did you buy his momma a nice seafood dinner and then never call her again?
 rockintothrice
rockintothrice02.3.08 - 11:36 pm
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Ironically, I have a goat but no speedo...what are the oods.
 DetroitRider
DetroitRider02.4.08 - 11:46 am
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can you wear the goat?  speedo not required.  problem solved!
 yo delicious
yo delicious02.4.08 - 12:18 pm
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I want in on this awesome date party.
 havaham
havaham02.4.08 - 1:54 pm
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I have a feeling this dance is gonna get wild!
 funanu
funanu02.4.08 - 2:48 pm
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 franz
franz02.4.08 - 2:54 pm
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seems like everybody already knows me, but none of the ladies have asked.
at least not yet.
guess I'll have to put Borfo in a wig again. and I was saving that for the Salton Sea trip.
 :P
 spiraldemon
spiraldemon02.4.08 - 3:03 pm
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if only it were acceptable to ask a large slice of pizza to the dance...<3
::::sigh:::::::
 mixtemotions
mixtemotions02.4.08 - 5:42 pm
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After extensive tests, I've found the goat to not appreciate riding on my shoulders while on my bike. I'll have to pass on this, especially since he keeps trying to eat my hat.
If I were to "MacGuyver" a Speedo, would it be made out of an avacado, duct tape and a gum wrapper? I'll let you figure it out...
Wait, do I have a date or am I swinging with the menage a quatro? Fuck it, even if I have a date, she's joining The Quatro...sounds more fun.
 DetroitRider
DetroitRider02.4.08 - 6:44 pm
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my friend and I gona be there, to meet all the ladies lets dance...lol
 SONNY
SONNY02.4.08 - 7:20 pm
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We are gonna have an awesome polaroid photo booth with donation only (or free for the indigent). 
If anybody wants to help me out I could use a couple of assistants so we can get pix of as many ridazz as possible. 
 trickmilla
trickmilla02.4.08 - 9:37 pm
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you do have dates, me and yo delicious. 
and if my calculations are correct youd take the skin of the avocado and use the gum to fasion some sort of strap around you, to hold the avocado skin into place. we wouldnt want any wardrobe malfunctions at the dance now, would we?  
 rockintothrice
rockintothrice02.4.08 - 9:44 pm
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Yo trikmill son I met you earlier at Bk..get at me ..
click handle..
 Regular Mike
Regular Mike02.4.08 - 10:14 pm
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Score! Two dates!! I'm so happy, I do the dance of joy!!
 DetroitRider
DetroitRider02.4.08 - 10:29 pm
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I'm just a standard 5'7" white guy who can house, boogaloo, and sometimes break....just the usual.  And as for something cool to wear...umm...it's gonna be cold at night so the speedo is gonna be out but I might rock my "I'm a Pepper" Dr. Pepper t-shirt. Because obviously peppers are hot.
 DetroitRider
DetroitRider02.5.08 - 12:01 am
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Hey Riss,
just wanted to take this out of the "work sucks" thread.
As I was saying there is an abandoned warehouse by the LA river bike path immediately south of the 2 FWY or two blocks south of Fletcher.
It's a giant warehouse.
Fence is down, doors are open. Easy to get in.
Of course that means others have already been there.
All the walls inside/out are covered with graffiti.
I saw four hobos in there. They seemed quite enegetic.
Two of them were stripping the pipes off for the scrap metal.
They were not aggressive or territorial.
There were paddles on the floor from the recent rain.
It's worth a look but it's definitely more edgy/urban than romantic. 
 marino
marino02.5.08 - 9:24 am
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Hye Marino, thanks a bunch for the info, Dan brought up a good thought though...no power for lights or music. I said rent a generator but he says they're expensive.
 riss
riss02.5.08 - 9:31 am
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Hey Riss, 
just wanted to take this out of the "work sucks" thread. 
As I was saying there is an abandoned warehouse by the LA river bike path immediately south of the 2 FWY or two blocks south of Fletcher. 
It's a giant warehouse. 
Fence is down, doors are open. Easy to get in. 
Of course that means others have already been there. 
All the walls inside/out are covered with graffiti. 
I saw four hobos in there. They seemed quite enegetic. 
Two of them were stripping the pipes off for the scrap metal. 
They were not aggressive or territorial. 
There were paddles on the floor from the recent rain. 
It's worth a look but it's definitely more edgy/urban than romantic. 
marino
02.5.08 - 12:24 pm
Marino is this near the old Levitz?
 Regular Mike
Regular Mike02.5.08 - 9:48 am
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i could always steal power at a ploe or something....
 eddieboyinla
eddieboyinla02.5.08 - 1:17 pm
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Mr. Lopez, 
Will you be my Valentine?
 FBI
FBI02.5.08 - 1:23 pm
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A generator is about $50
Although it wouldn't be bad in my opinion to have a 2 or 3 longer stops at places we can dance and party. I have passed along some suggestions that would be nice to have as somewhat of a surprise. 
Buy yeah ... if we don't have a venue it would be nice if we could just make the most, by hitting up different parts of the city.
 trickmilla
trickmilla02.6.08 - 9:42 am
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I believe we found a venue. I go sees it tonights.
 riss
riss02.6.08 - 9:46 am
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im thinking this ride sounds way too fucking fun to pass up
 ectoplasm
ectoplasm02.6.08 - 9:52 am
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RBI! LOL! you have a secret admirer! 
OK... I decided if PIZZAWOLF won't go to the dance w/ me, I'm TOTALLY going to ask PIZZAEAGLE. Like fer sure. OMG I'm so excited! 
 mixtemotions
mixtemotions02.6.08 - 10:30 am
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Hey... I don't know if this was already asked and forgive me if it has... but is this going to be a point to point or a back to start ride? Thanks...
 digablesoul
digablesoul02.6.08 - 9:27 pm
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If its at the location by the 2 and fletcher and we're meeting at the fountain at los feliz, its only about 2.5 miles there. If anyone is coming from the North Hollywood/Studio City area, I normally ride Riverside out and around Griffith if anyone is interested in it. I'll probably leave about 8:45
 DetroitRider
DetroitRider02.6.08 - 10:04 pm
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