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| January 31-February 2, 2007 |
ChrisReid: Here's some of the reference material I packed.
LOAF: The Wing Commander Junior novelization is just in case we needed to reference the Wing Commander movie without any oblique references to Sex. Pilgrim Stars is for the opposite of that.
ChrisReid: Here I am driving to Canada.
LOAF: Let a smile be your umbrella, because you look like you could use an umbrella jammed in your face.
ChrisReid: This is how you know you're getting close to Canada.
LOAF: The next sign said "DEGRASSI TNG was BEVERLY HILLS 90210"
ChrisReid: LOAF was taking the connecting flight from Denver.
LOAF: Was Denver the littlest dinosaur or the last dinosaur? The other one was Dink.
ChrisReid: Here's LOAF!
LOAF: Looks like they've given me just enough giant purple rope to hang myself.
ChrisReid: Here's our hotel room. It was pretty big.
LOAF: They didn't trust us with a minibar or a Nintendo 64.
ChrisReid: Apparently the US Army advertises for recruits in Canada.
LOAF: Nothing says vacation like photographing TVs in a strange land.
ChrisReid: Here's the view out our window.
LOAF: I can see a Future Shop and a Tim Hortons and a Space Needle and a... those are the only three things in Canada.
ChrisReid: It was a long day of traveling.
LOAF: Here is how long it was: I didn't want to eat dinner.
ChrisReid: Today's the day - February 1, 2007.
LOAF:
ChrisReid: Ready for a big day.
LOAF: The trick is to dress in layers. Except it turns out it isn't very cold in Canada. I guess Seabert lied to me.
ChrisReid: Yum.
LOAF: It's all greek to me, but omelette it pass.
ChrisReid: Here's EA Canada. There's a lot you can't see. It goes on for quite a while. There's a whole soccer field, volley ball area and multiple basketball courts.
LOAF: ... a lot you can't see like WING COMMANDER ARENA... and... a cafeteria.
ChrisReid: Service entrance.
LOAF: We would be doing a disservice by choosing any other entrance.
ChrisReid: Visitors' entrance.
LOAF: The Visitors Entrance looks a lot like the service entry.
ChrisReid: And we're in!
LOAF: Remember when EA's logo had shapes in it?
ChrisReid: After a long day, we went back to the hotel.
LOAF: [DAYS EVENTS CLASSIFIED]
ChrisReid: Happy.
LOAF: "He still embodies all the awful stereotypes he did before!"/ "But he's got a new hat."
ChrisReid: Happy.
LOAF: Hey everybody, make like a rare Pacific Noselook Bird and look up my nose.
ChrisReid: Here's our time sensitive badges.
LOAF: Way to use that touchscreen, Chrisf.
ChrisReid: We had one more adventure to complete before the trip was over. We started at Western Canada's second largest Asian themed mall.
LOAF: If you buy ten regular balls here then the cashiers will give you one premium ball for free!
ChrisReid: No EA Replay here.
LOAF: In Communist China, 14 classic EA games re-play you! But seriously, you have to take this sign very seriously - it's the difference between finding a Hello Kitty Store and a boiled dogo wang restaurant.
ChrisReid: We ended up going to one big store and three malls before we found EA Replay. The EB Games tossed all the French manuals.
LOAF: What if I distract them with my famous fan dance?
ChrisReid:
LOAF: We didn't have any two dollar coins for the dog dispenser - take whatever allegory you may from that.
ChrisReid:
LOAF: Canada was pretty lax about letting tourists photograph their jewelery stores.
ChrisReid: When we finally got our Replays, we went to go eat at the A&W.
LOAF: What is the part on the bottom? Some kind of layered everycondimentpaste? Look at it!
ChrisReid: Here's my teen burger.
LOAF: /join #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!teenburgers
ChrisReid:
LOAF: Hyuck, hyuck, hyuck, these #WingNut suckers have no idea why Chris and I are in a hotel together in Canada for one night!
ChrisReid: Long day, tired, time for bed.
LOAF: The day over, I changed intomy Artistic Electronics hat.
ChrisReid: LOAF had some problems enregistring
LOAF: The airplane cashier initially insisted that my seat had been cancelled because I hadn't taken my flight into Canada the day before. Luckily I had brought proof that I existed.
ChrisReid:
LOAF: They serve cheddar cheese, pizza slices and as second fiddle to Lando.
ChrisReid:
LOAF: I'm sure our international readers are jealous of my American passport and manly facial hair... both of which have gotten me out of more than one tough spot.
ChrisReid:
LOAF: ... and where's your passport?
ChrisReid:
LOAF: THIS IS SO LAME WE ALL KNOW ITS CONSTITUTION CLASS BECAUSE ONCE THEY MENTIONED THE USS CONSTITUTION ON THE SHOW.
ChrisReid: One of the many many intersections in Canada that don't have street signs to tell you where you are.
LOAF: Well, yeah, but look at that universal health care!
ChrisReid: Back to the US
LOAF: The American-Canadian line is the worlds longest undefended border. It is interrupted only by hundreds and hundreds of places like this where it's defended.
ChrisReid: Border Crossing. The guy here was a jerk.
LOAF: A simple stone obelisk stands in memorial to President Polk pussying out of going to war with England to invade Vancouver.
ChrisReid: I made the whole trip on one tank of gas.
LOAF: This would be a much better picture of the speedometer needle was pointing at the 140.
ChrisReid: Yay!
LOAF: I actually looked this up later and 'PPS' *is* the correct way to add an additional postscript.
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