Cubcamp Friends Of The Friendless
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SKIDMARCUS at 03.4.08 - 1:59 pm
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
"The Friends of the Friendless"
We'll ride seeking out other random strangers on bikes and make them our leader! Follow them, at whatever pace (or slower), until we reach THEIR destination and voila! instant friend!
Bringing extra beverages will guarantee their loyal companionship.
...Let's see what happens...
This will be the recurring Cubcamp Week One Ride!
MEET:
THURS_MARCH 6, 2008_meet at 9p
BIKEROWAVE (NEW)
1816A Berkeley Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
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Now this is a great idea that I can really....get behind.
Eric Hair03.4.08 - 2:06 pm
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will it take two hours to fix a flat like on the first one?
ruinedbyidiots03.4.08 - 2:08 pm
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dam, i was really sad when someone told me that you crazy ass white boyz did this last year, fuck I'm down for this shit, , i can really follow someone, and really make them realize that we "got their back", hell ya!
eddieboyinla03.4.08 - 2:37 pm
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genius idea!
one of us one of us
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Roadblock03.4.08 - 2:40 pm
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Why? WHY??
Why does this have to be on the eve of my earliest day all week?? I've waited so patiently for the return of FOTF.
I hate my life.
*sob*
hatehills03.4.08 - 4:34 pm
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using the art of protest, Los Angelopes put an end to the flu, so you can use your sick days for this. enjoy.
we must have set some sort of record with that flat. what record will be break this time?
alec03.4.08 - 4:41 pm
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So, since this will be an impromptu type of ride as we have no idea where our leaders will come from, does that mean that there will be no Cub Scout tonight? If it is still on, what time will you be rolling? (I have a committment til 8p in MDR).
stevo403.4.08 - 4:58 pm
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Wooo!!! I loved this ride the 1st time!! Which means.... I may or may not love it the 2nd time!? are you granting vouchers? forget it...I love it, already! again!
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mixtemotions03.4.08 - 5:29 pm
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holy shite, this sounds like fun. vegas got me last weekend, but i gots to be on this one!
picture some poor guy riding home from work being chased by a bunch of crazies screaming 'one of us'
hey barleye, come on this one, i owe you $$$$!
illafilla03.4.08 - 6:15 pm
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YeeeeAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!
i am glad everyone's into this again! last time was super..
we owe it to all of our future friends to make this a recurring historical part of the past-future tense.
let us bring forth presence.
and presents.
SKIDMARCUS03.5.08 - 4:28 pm
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ONE OF US
ONE OF US
ONE OF US
ONE OF US
ONE OF US
SKIDMARCUS03.6.08 - 9:58 am
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i was out of town for the last one but i will be there tonight for sure. Love the concept.
stevo403.6.08 - 10:00 am
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i believe that would make you.........
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ONE OF US
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SKIDMARCUS03.6.08 - 10:06 am
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friend of the friendless was fun last year, but we scared a few people.
yeah, we always frighten a few people on our rides.
spiraldemon03.6.08 - 10:14 am
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FRY TEN US
FRY TEN US
FRY TEN US
FRY TEN US
FRY TEN US
SKIDMARCUS03.6.08 - 10:40 am
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RYD YOR BYK
RYD YOR BYK
RYD YOR BYK
RYD YOR BYK
RYD YOR BYK
SKIDMARCUS03.6.08 - 4:20 pm
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Haha, this is how I met B-Rad. We saw him on our way home from Spoken Art one night and he rode with us for a while to Silver Lake.
cabhauler03.6.08 - 4:23 pm
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Maybe one day when all my 10s of days of caltrans is done I will ride with you all...
Ahhh.. Huh.
theshues03.6.08 - 4:31 pm
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HAY JON VU
HAU YU DU
YA MEE TU
FREND, IS YU
FRENDLESS TU?
SKIDMARCUS03.6.08 - 4:32 pm
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DO YOU HAVE TO COME TO THIS RIDE IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS, I MEAN, I DONT HAVE ANY FRIENDS, SO I GUESS I QUALIFY, RIGHT?
eddieboyinla03.6.08 - 4:54 pm
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WHAT THE FUCK AM I SAY? SHIT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT ANYBODY RIDING THERE, IF "YES" CAN I JOIN YOU?
eddieboyinla03.6.08 - 4:56 pm
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Is anyone bringing a 1/2 full tandem!? That would be so fun to include peds, in our friend making adventure!
mixtemotions03.6.08 - 5:00 pm
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NONE OF US!
ONE OF US!
SOME OF US!
MOST OF US!
ALL OF US!
SKIDMARCUS03.6.08 - 6:12 pm
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We're leaving soon you should be here.
franz03.6.08 - 8:51 pm
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i'm bummed i had to miss this. i hope you all had fun. I'm hoping to make it to ride my first cubcamp next week after I've fixed my new bike!
vspangle03.6.08 - 9:11 pm
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Wow. Cubcamp is a reason to live. Genius. Expect to see new friends on future rides.
GarySe7en03.7.08 - 1:14 am
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As always, I'm remote-viewing these rides.
The process is a little painful, but traveling through the ethereal plane is like no other.
bentstrider03.7.08 - 1:23 am
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CHET RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
barleye03.7.08 - 1:28 am
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Friggin good evening. We first met Christina who was on her way home from work at REI. We were going to follow her home (and she was literally blocks from her house) when another cyclist went by and we all (including our new friend Christina) went to meet another new friend. Christina was having such a good time that she spent the whole night with us which included riding back down where she worked! Then on Abbot Kinney we found another great new friend named Chet. Initially surprised by our group, he also felt the camaraderie and warmth that is at the heart of our community and actually invited us into his place and provided us with beers and a sampling of the music he's working on.
What i found interesting was, here is Christina, just taking this new experience all in at 12am in the morning, (and never in a million years would she have ever expected to be where she was with all these people) while, as far as Chet knows, she is just one of the regulars with Cub Camp too. All very surreal to me.
Thank you Marcus, Alex, Franz, etc. for bringing this back.
Pictures will be up tomorrow.
stevo403.7.08 - 1:42 am
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All recent silliness aside, it sounded like a cool, evening for y'all.
Randomly seeking out species and adapting them to the collective.
Ha'taks screaming towards unsuspecting villagers and spreading the influence of Goual'd.
Wraith hive-ships seeking out a new food source.
Yippers, y'all definitely hit the spot for tonight.
I gotta try something like that up here and see if it catches on.
Perhaps when the temp starts getting back up to 60-70 at night.
bentstrider03.7.08 - 1:47 am
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ANNIE <3 ALEX THOMPSON
franz03.7.08 - 2:10 am
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Cubcamp, part bike bike ride, part social experiment, in the best kind of way. This is an excellent week one tradition to start.
GarySe7en03.7.08 - 7:35 am
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And Chet and Christina kept asking where Spook was....
stevo403.7.08 - 8:07 am
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Sooooo Random!!!
Friends of the Friendless is a new reason to live! Just when I thought my life was awesome, this happens and makes my life *MORE* awesome!! Go Figure
CUB CAMP!!!
FRIEND CAMP!!!
CUB FRIENDS!!!
CAMP FRIENDS!!
CAMP CUBS!!!
e-rock03.7.08 - 9:27 am
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Two things i should have offered in hind-sight.
1. Offer E-rock my couch.
2. Offer to give Christina a ride home or escort her via bike back home (instead of having to ride alone at 1am).
I rarely am that short-sighted and regret not thinking of it at the time.
stevo403.7.08 - 9:43 am
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Stevo!!
Thanks for the offer in hindsight.
It's no worry tho, I had a bed to sleep on prearranged so it all worked out quite well.
Once again, awesome ride, I expect more of the same 5 weeks from now!!
START THE BIKEOLUTION!!!
e-rock03.7.08 - 9:57 am
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I wanted this image attached above ^^^...
stevo403.7.08 - 10:23 am
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Awesome photos STevo - can I use them with attribution on Westside BikeSIDE? The "Christina, who is Chet?" Ride Recap coming shortly.
BSET RYDE EVAR
Alex Thompson03.7.08 - 10:35 am
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Yeah, of course Alex. All photos are free for any kind of use. If you choose 'original size' at the bottom of a picture, you can grab the hi-res image. Always like a photo-by credit when possible, but its not necessary.
Look forward to seeing your pix too.
stevo403.7.08 - 10:51 am
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THIS IS CHETS BOAT AND JET SKI, NICE HUH?
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A RIDE TO HIS BOAT, WHAT DO YOU GUYZ THINK?
WHAT A FUN NIGHT THAT WAS.
eddieboyinla03.7.08 - 11:20 am
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CUBCAMP IS KING.
my fav moments were:
(after realizing we had increased attendance by a factor of 5)
The energy expenditure friendly explosion at CHRISTINA! Alec, you Vegan Slut, I nominate you to be the Casper The Friendly Host because whatever you told her in the first 2 minutes made her stay for the next 3 hours.
Right after Christina's induction, we saw another Friend. We didnt want to risk stopping/turning/losing Christina, so we chanted him into our ride!
Los Cubs Amigos en espanol.
Light-writing revisited on the beach..
Franz's FUCKJOOSE.COM commercial. So powerful, so moving.
CHET! He actually said "This is the best day of my life." He said that! Is there any other ride/activity that can do that? Come on, now!
Friends,
I declare Thursdays to be a National Holiday. Or more specifically, I declare Thursdays at 9pm PST to be a National Moment of Fun.
Whatever you are doing at this time, be it riding Cubcamp or not, take a moment to reflect on the potential for fun.
SKIDMARCUS03.7.08 - 12:12 pm
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wow i'm sad i missed out on this. great story and great pics!!
tomato03.7.08 - 12:33 pm
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hooray friends!! this sounds like it rocked! more motivation for me to change my class schedule for next semester! more exclamation points!!!
yo delicious03.7.08 - 12:52 pm
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eddie. so glad you made it home. did you end up staying in a motel? or did you make it all the way back to pasadena last night?
rudy103.7.08 - 1:19 pm
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So? Will we see Christina and Chet on future rides? a few of us bailed early from Chet's house.
barleye03.7.08 - 1:56 pm
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Christina definitely expressed interest in coming out on more rides and has a few friends who she thought would love this too.
stevo403.7.08 - 2:21 pm
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^^^ YAY!
FRIENDS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE FRIENDLESS!
CUBCAMP: THE RIDE THAT DON'T QUIT!
SKIDMARCUS03.7.08 - 2:32 pm
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I'm not kidding, I'm getting a little choked up when I think about last night!! ...how we can make people SO happy and they MAKE US SOOOO HAPPY!!! We are the friends of the friendless!!! and they are OUR FRIENDS!!!! I love cubcamp!~ It's *so* good to be back!!! **MUAHH** Stevo!! Really nice pics!!! and thaaaanks for GINGER SPICE!!! hell yeah.
mixtemotions03.7.08 - 3:57 pm
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PAM is so sad to have missed this. :(
Such rich, sweet new personfriends.
PAM03.7.08 - 4:08 pm
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I'm getting a little choked up, too, mixte! At first I was a little envious I missed out, then I kept reading and I just got so happy you all were so happy and made others happy and then I was happy! This is love, you know.
FUUUN saved my life. Now almost everyday is a reflection on Fun, but Marcus, I will make Thursdays especially FUNeaningful!
But Fridays, too! Tonight at Ridgeway is gonna be so much Canadian fun you might bleed maple syrup.
vspangle03.7.08 - 4:14 pm
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YUP, ANOTHER FUCK BOMB ASS FRIENDSHIP MAKING ADVENTURE, THANKS TO CRISS FOR POINTING ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I WAS TOTALLY CONFUSED ABOUT WITCH WAY TO GO AT THE END OF THE RIDE. CHET WAS SO HAPPY TO HAVE US "FOLLOW" HIM, HE REALLY WANT TO HOST A PARTY AT HIS PAD, WELL WHO ARE WE TO SAY NO?
SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?
WE TRUELY SUCCEEDED IN MAKING NEW RIDERS, ITS JUST A MATTER OF WHEN THEY FIGURE OUT HOW AND WHEN THE RIDES START, STOP, WHERE, WHEN, AND WHY, ALL IN ALL , A VERY INTERESTING NIGHT.
eddieboyinla03.7.08 - 4:23 pm
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ALEX... don't be a hater!
e-rock03.7.08 - 5:32 pm
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No, seriously, WHO IS CHET?
ahhaha fine work, alex...
he's not hating, Erocodile, he's building a legend. Soon, if not already, Chet will be known. Threads will be started inquiring for him, rides will be held in his honor. Chet Fever will sweep the nation!
SKIDMARCUS03.7.08 - 5:37 pm
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ALL
YOUR
BASE
ARE
BELONG
TO
CHET!!!
e-rock03.7.08 - 5:45 pm
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I just told Christina that our goal that night was to make friends with someone who owns a yacht with a helicopter, we where so close!
I think I fractured my wrist last night. And I’d do it all again.
I can’t wait for next Thursday at nine. I wonder where I’ll be.
alec03.7.08 - 6:09 pm
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How'd you do that Alec? I don't remember seeing any crashes?
Hope you get well quick.
stevo403.7.08 - 7:42 pm
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Alex, your light righting shots really came out great! I need to experiment with that some, ok, alot more.
stevo403.8.08 - 2:12 pm
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This was one of the best rides ever. I'm very glad I went.
Viva Chet.
bobbygnosis03.8.08 - 3:07 pm
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Stevo,
Remember how Gary explained that to fix the non writing part of the image they did a flash at some point during the exposure. That got me to thinking, with a powerful bike light you could selectively paint in sections of the image.
So if you had Marcus go out and stand you could play a light up and down him and he would show up bright without having to stand there for the whole exposure. So, he could then move to some other area of the shot, and you could do it again. This way you could make a bunch of Marcuses doing stuff in one exposure.
Alex Thompson03.8.08 - 4:40 pm
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I love that idea Alex. We would need a good dark area. Although that beach area worked okay and had an interesting look with the arches but i think we need less light from the Pier.
I think you could also play with just illuminating parts of the body in different places. Maybe just light Marcus's face in 6 different places with the light effect around it. Or an illuminated leg here or an arm there, etc.
stevo403.8.08 - 6:28 pm
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oooo i'm going to butt in here.. i loved those pics! i just got a lomography fisheye camera and there's a setting where i can hold the shutter open as much i want. you should show me what you come up with next. the ideas sound great =)
tomato03.8.08 - 6:49 pm
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I love the concept of lomography. I had an old lomo camera several years ago. Do you hang out at http://www.lomography.com/? I used to find some very impressive creativity there.
I'm not familiar with all the bodies but does the lomo have a way to keep the shutter open without camera shake? With us digital types, its all automatic.
"Don't think, just shoot."
stevo403.8.08 - 6:57 pm
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I keep telling people about this theme who dont even ride bikes. great fucking ride idea!!
Roadblock03.8.08 - 7:29 pm
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I second RoadBlock - this is one of the top ideas of all time as far as I'm concerned. Here's my short list of amazing ride concepts:
Critical Mass
Alleycats & Hustles
Midnight Ridazz
Warriorz/Mother of All Rides
CRANK Mob - the non theme
Friends of the Friendless
Alex Thompson03.8.08 - 8:16 pm
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Kudos to Cub Campers for coming up with the concept - I'm just glad to be along for the ride.
Alex Thompson03.8.08 - 8:17 pm
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richie used a flash repeatedly during a long-exposure for the awesome effect at right-----------D
thanks for the love, dont be strangers now...CUBCAMP IS EVERY THURSDAY. 9PM. BIKEROWAVE.
CCBFOTFF (Cub Camp Best Friends Of The Friendless Forever),
SKIDMARCUS03.10.08 - 3:17 pm
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Alright, I'm looking for poems. Specifically poems about Chet, or Christina, or Friends of the Friendless, or all three. I'll run ALL the submissions in pt 3, with the following restrictions:
1) Don't make that shit insanely long. I'll cut it, and I'll run tigher poems higher.
2) Too profane, too pornographic is gonna cause me problems with accomplishing other goals for Westside BikeSIDE (the straight activism) . . . so I reserve the right to turn down shit that might cause me problems.
You can include photos, or specify formatting. When I say poems, I'm including Marcus bombs and KNITTENS posts as within the scope of Midnight Ridazz poetry, so get WHYild.
Submit them here. Everyone who meets the guidelines gets there poem printed. I'll attribute them to your MR handle, unless you specify otherwise.
Alex Thompson03.11.08 - 2:08 am
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PS - line breaks are awkward, but I'll do my best to figure it out.
Alex Thompson03.11.08 - 2:29 am
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I must say i was really hoping that by now we would have heard from Christina or Chet on here. If anyone happens to be near 4th and Santa Monica Blvd. in SM, drop in to REI (Christina has been working on the second floor with clothing) and tell her we miss her!!!
stevo403.11.08 - 9:25 am
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I saw Christina going south on broadway on saturday afternoon, she waved, I yelled "FRIEND!!!!"
e-rock03.11.08 - 9:33 am
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I just got added as Christina's friend on Myspace! Looks like Gary7 has too. Hopefully she'll join us soon on another ride.
stevo403.12.08 - 4:13 pm
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when's the next ride????
tomato03.20.08 - 4:39 pm
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HA!
THE NEXT RIDE IS THURSDAY MARCH 27TH.
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!
i was just getting on to post it!
SKIDMARCUS03.20.08 - 4:43 pm
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Ridazz Roulette!
FRANZ = JEALOUS of any guy that touches annie
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is this chet?
