1. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (Disneyland)
Anaheim, CA
2. Fabeldyrene (RIP, Kongeparken)
Ålgård, Norway
3. Full Throttle (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
Valencia, CA
4. Le Defi de Cesar (Parc Asterix)
Plailly, France
5. Radiator Springs Racers (Disney California Adventure)
Anaheim, CA
6. Droomvlucht (Efteling)
Kaatsheuvel, Holland
7. Dodonpa (Fuji-Q Highland)
Fujiyoshida, Japan
8. Ninja Mystery House (Toei Kyoto Studio Park)
Kyoto
9. Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy (Walt Disney Studios Park)
Marne-La-Vallée, France
10. Flight to Mars (RIP, Pacific Ocean Park)
Venice, CA
11. Den Flyvende Kuffert (Tivoli Gardens)
Copenhagen
12. Juvelen (Djurs Sommerland)
Randersvej, Denmark
13. AtmosFear (Liseberg)
Gothenburg, Sweden
14. X2 (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
Valencia, CA
15. Indiana Jones Adventure (Disneyland)
Anaheim, CA
16. Tornado (Bakken)
Klampenborg, Denmark
17. Speed Monster (TusenFyrd)
Vinterbro, Norway
18. De Vliegende Hollander (Efteling)
Kaatsheuvel, Holland
19. Gasten Ghost Hotel (Liseberg)
Gothenburg, Sweden
20. Adventure Thru Inner Space (RIP, Disneyland)
Anaheim, CA
21. Vandrotten (Bonbon Land)
Holme-Olstrup, Denmark
22. The Haunted House (Tokyo Dome City)
Tokyo
23. Journey to the Center of the Earth (Tokyo Disney Sea)
Tokyo
24. Haunted Mansion (Disneyland)
Anaheim, CA
25. Mystery Island Banana Train Ride (RIP, Pacific Ocean Park)
Venice, CA
26. Ghostrider (Knotts Berry Farm)
Buena Park, CA
27. Blå Tåget (Grona Lund)
Stockholm
28. River Ride (RIP, The Pike)
Long Beach
29. Nightmare (TusenFyrd)
Vinterbro, Norway
30. Cannibal Lagoon (Lagoon Park)
Sant Lake City
31. Eejanaika (Fuji-Q Highland)
Fujiyoshida, Japan
32. Ghost Hole (RIP, Coney Island)
Brooklyn
33. Star Trek: The Experience (RIP, Las Vegas Hilton)
Las Vegas
34. Desperado (Buffalo Bill's)
Primm, Nevada
35. Pirates of the Caribbean (Disneyland)
Anaheim
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p.s. Hey. If you have even one favorite ride and want to hit me back, that would be cool 'cos I'm a glutton for this kind of stuff, obviously. ** Liquoredgoat, Hi, Douglas. Man, no Gillis collectors around here, I guess. Sorry. There's no torrent or something out there somewhere? I have 'Be Not Content' on my bookshelf in LA from the days I was doing heavy research on LSD lit. vis-à-vis planning 'Guide', but I never read it. It has a following. Back in the day, my friends and sometimes pulled out a ouija board when we were high or bored, but I don't remember anything happening that couldn't be explained as subtle cheating, sadly. ** Unknown/Pascal, Hi, man. Never have read 'Once is not Enough', no. That ending sounds good. Maybe I'll grab a copy and go straight to that scene. I don't know if I could read the whole thing. Oh, who knows, though. Blanchot! Trippy! That was exciting! No, I haven't seen 'A man called Eva'. How was it? Should I? ** David Ehrenstein, Oh, you're right, I did. Wait, is it LSD related? Oh, probably, right? Great book, duh. ** Steevee, Hi. Oh, thanks, I just thought maybe the question got lost. No, I wasn't recommending those books. It was just a thematic array. Not that there aren't books in there I wouldn't recommend, like, uh, 'Nog', 'Ticket that Exploded', 'Encyclopedia', 'The Bushwhacked Piano'. I recommend those. Others in there I've never read. Others still, like the Castaneda, for instance, I don't recommend. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. Thanks, man. Psychedelia and gifs can be a very good combo but selectively. I thought maybe the gifs had some kind of relationship to Thomas Moronic's 'Everything is Fucked' series but without his deliberation and genius. Wow, I know the name Andrew Hogge. Interesting. Can't remember why, though. That does sound like a cool discussion. Ed Ruscha's mixtapes: now that would make a great gig if I could manage it. ** James, Hi. I hope the post made your bus ride less proletarian, if you wanted it to be, and it sounds like you did. Nick Tosches is a terrific writer, I agree. I wonder if anything mystical would happen if one read my 'The Dream Police' and listened to Cheap Trick's great album 'The Dream Police' at the same time. I wonder if it would be like that supposedly freakily matched-up 'Wizard of Oz' plus 'Dark Side of the Moon' combo thing. ** Dóra Grőber, Hi, Dóra. I'm all for meticulousness. I'll spend, like, weeks getting a single sentence right sometimes. Or 'right' to me. Probably almost no none reading would know the difference. You're probably one of those writers who can get their prose right as they're writing. That's a real gift. I'm not like that. For me, like, 70% happens in the editing and rewriting. I sometimes wonder why I decided to be a writer since it's not a completely natural fit. That's really sad about the bad sweets fair, although if occasioned a great date night, maybe it was destiny. Salon du Chocolat is insane, if you like chocolate like I do. They do give out tons of free samples there, though, so you can go and come home stuffed to the gills for the price of admission. They even have a chocolate fashion show where models go down the runway wearing clothes entirely made of chocolate. Needless to say, I'm sure, they are not the most fashionable clothes you've ever seen. The tax thing sucks and will take a while to resolve, but it's my own fault so ... bleah. My day was pretty work-y. Which was fine. Today I'm going to go around to galleries and look at art. When I'm not working, I mean. It'll be okay. What was in store inside your day? ** Okay, that was quick. Maybe amusement park rides will loosen your tongues a little more. Probably not, though, right? Either way, see you tomorrow.