Chinese theme park offers 4D experience of death
by Allen Prince
About 50 percent of the Chinese population choose cremation upon death which is why a new attraction allows the people to experience just that.
Known as the "4D-Death Simulator", this unique ride is located at the Window of the World theme park in Shanghai.
It’s designed to give riders the sensation of being dead, cremated, and reborn. Here’s how it works. Participants are put inside a wooden coffin.
They are then pushed through a furnace which is heated to about 40 degrees Celsius. Once inside, they are blasted with bright light and hot air. Of course the capsule wouldn’t burn the person into ash.
So when the assumed burning is over, the player is transferred to a fake womb to signify his or her rebirth.
The experience hopes to enlighten people and help them make better life choices while they are alive.
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Inside Meow Wolf, the amusement park for people who want a weirder Disneyland
A high-tech storytelling gameworld has just opened its doors in Santa Fe, New Mexico
by Annalee Newitz
SANTA FE, NM—The Meow Wolf art complex looks like a strip mall from another dimension. Located in downtown Santa Fe, its massive main building—a former bowling alley—is covered in zig-zagging lines of explosive color. The parking lot is dominated by towering metal sculptures of a spider and a robot. Its landlord is George RR Martin, author of the Game of Thrones series, and its tenants are a high-tech artist collective called Meow Wolf, known previously for building a full-scale spaceship that visitors could explore.
On March 17, after nearly two years of construction, the Meow Wolf art complex opened its riotously painted doors and invited the public into its first permanent exhibit, called The House of Eternal Return. Think of it as a walk-in science fiction novel built with milling machines, thermoplastic, and Arduinos. Or maybe it's a cross between Disneyland and a massive, multiplayer, IRL game. Built by 135 artists and makers, the result is a 20,000-square-foot dreamworld where your goal is to figure out why an old Victorian house in Mendocino, California, has become ground zero for a rupture in space-time that’s allowing other dimensions to leak into ours. (cont.)
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Dangerous ride at amusement park
By Letter to the Editor
KARACHI: Through the column of your esteemed paper, I wish to draw the attention of authorities and the public about this particular famous ride in Aladin amusement park. “Discovery” — is a dangerous ride, which caused a girl serious injuries because she fell from it in the midst of the cycle. Numerous people anxiously wait to try “Discovery” but they have no idea of the consequences that might follow if they did. For obvious reasons, the authorities concerned need to place a complete ban on “Discovery” as soon as possible.
Wajeeha Tariq
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Couple tries to break into Dorothy’s house at old Land of Oz
By Mark Washburn
Beech Mountain Police released this surveillance photo of a couple wanted for trying to break into Dorothy’s farmhouse at the old Land of Oz amusement park. Beech Mountain Police.
Shawn Freeman, chief of police in the resort town of 320 on the Avery and Watauga county line, said Tuesday that a man and a woman entered the mountaintop park Thursday and broke in the door at the Kansas-style house that serves as a portal to the historic attraction.
When a burglar alarm went off, they fled, Freeman said. When officers arrived, they had vanished, but their time in the park was captured on surveillance video.
Nothing inside Dorothy’s house – furnished like the one in the classic 1939 “Wizard of Oz” movie – appeared to be disturbed.
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Developer Agrees to Operate Rooftop Amusement Park Near Atlanta’s BeltLine
Latest addition joins series of projects around city’s historic railroad corridor
By Peter Grant
A real-estate company that is redeveloping a 2-million-square-foot former Sears distribution center in Atlanta has cut a deal to operate an amusement park on the building’s roof, in the latest sign of economic development in the neighborhoods around the city’s historic railroad corridor.
The deal comes as cities throughout the country are looking to repurpose aging infrastructure, especially old railway right-of-ways. Last year Chicago opened its 2.7-mile Bloomingdale Trail, hoping to re-create the success of New York’s High Line park, which has become a tourist attraction and development engine for surrounding neighborhoods. Groups in the Philadelphia and St. Louis regions also have looked at similar projects based on the High Line. (cont.)
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DOGS RESCUED FROM OVERHEATED CARS AT EFTELING AMUSEMENT PARK
by Janene Pieters
Police officers broke open a car in the Efteling parking lot in order to rescue a dog left in the baking sun. Another dog was found in a different car parked at the amusement park a few hours later, AD reports.
A passerby noticed the dog in a car and informed the Efteling staff, who called in the police. The animal looked exhausted and ill so the officers decided to break a window and free the animal. He was taken to a dog kennel in the amusement park and the police left a note for the owners with the car.
At around 5:15 p.m. another dog was found left behind in the car and the police were again called in. The animal seemed to be fine and the amusement park was set to close soon, so the officers decided to leave the dog where he was. Here too the police left a note for the owners.
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Mass Effect Andromeda Amusement Park Ride Coming to California
by Kyle Hanson
As millions of gamers anxiously await the release of Mass Effect Andromeda, EA and Bioware have partnered with California’s Great America Amusement Park to deliver an authentic experience straight from the game’s universe.Mass Effect Andromeda: New Earth looks to be an immersive 4D experience, though few details were shared.
There is a short trailer, though all it does is play footage from the games, and announce that the ride will be coming in Spring 2016. One thing was announced alongside the trailer though. On Twitter it was revealed that the world’s largest 3D LED screen was created just for the Mass Effect Andromeda: New Earth ride. Combined with the tagline, “a 4D Holographic Journey”, it seems like fans will be immersed in 3D video while elements of the environment push the immersion factor even higher.
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Tijuana amusement park shut down
After ride collapses, teenage girl in custody
By Bob McPhail
By order of the Tijuana Fire Department, the long-popular amusement park Mundo Divertido was closed following a Tuesday evening, April 5, accident in which a ride collapsed and injured at least 12 people, including seven minors and a pregnant woman.
Tuesday's accident was the second time this year a ride at the park malfunctioned and caused injuries.
On January 9, the park's roller coaster injured eight people when it failed to work correctly and two of its cars slammed into each other, sending their riders tumbling to the ground, according to multiple press accounts.
In the April 5 incident, a ride called “Sillas Voladoras” (flying chairs) collapsed and fell to the ground shortly after 7 p.m. (cont.)
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Theme park BANS visitors from shouting or screaming on its new rollercoaster
The 400m long ride is described as “Devon's biggest, highest and longest rollercoaster”
By Zoe Shenton
A theme park has bizarrely banned visitors from screaming on one of its newest rides.
Parkgoers have been urged to stay as quiet as possible when riding The Big One at The Big Sheep amusement park in Bideford, Devon, in order to not upset neighbors.
The park director Rick Turner said they'd been working with specialist noise consultants "to ensure there are bunds to reduce any noise impact": "We employed the UK’s top noise consultant during the planning process and Dr Geoff Jackson has assured us that the ambient noise of the nearby main road, the local school with its outdoor playgrounds are as loud as any of the noises that will be generated from the roller coaster and so noise should not be an issue.
"We have spent £100,000’s building a massive noise bund to protect our neighbours from any screaming noise we hope our No Scream policy will also help.”
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Atheists disrespect Noah's Ark amusement park, calling it 'Genocide and Incest Park'
by Andre Mitchell
The Holy Bible's Book of Genesis chapters 6 to 9 tells the story of how God saved the family of Noah, who built the famous Ark, from the Great Flood that wiped out the sinful human race at that time.
In an effort to bring the story of Noah's Ark closer to families, especially young children, the Christian and creationist group Answers in Genesis (AiG) led by Ken Ham invested $150 million on an amusement park in Williamstown, Kentucky that will explain this Bible story in an historically accurate way.
An atheist group called the Tri-State Freethinkers, however, recently chose to disrespect the Christian group and the Holy Bible by calling the amusement park a "Genocide and Incest Park."
As if these statements were not enough, the atheist group also launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to be able to put up billboards along roads leading to the Ark Encounter amusement park, where it will be called "Genocide and Incest Park."
Worse, the atheists also plan to build an actual "Genocide and Incest Park" if the donations they gather reach $150 million. Attractions in the envisioned park would include the "Dead Gods Zoom Flume," a "De-baptism Waterfall" and a "Rainbow Zipline."
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Global Toilet Culture is the Main Attraction of Chongqing Amusement Park
by Vittorio Hernandez
Chinese men urinating in public in Chongqing have become viral online. The colorful street urinals are the main attraction of Foreigner Street, a free-entry urban amusement park.
There are four urinals on both sides of two stands, allowing eight men to answer the call of nature at the same time. The men are not totally exposing their private parts because there are plastic dividers shaped like arcs that shield the waist area of the urinal users, reported China Daily.
Other toilet features of Foreigner Street are the 2,000-person capacity toilet and commodes shaped like an Egyptian pyramid. The park also has canals similar to Venice in Italy, a tree house and a crooked pedestrian street just like Lombard Street in San Francisco.
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Shaanxi amusement park offers free tickets to increase attendance, plan works a bit too well
By Alex Linder
A struggling Shaanxi amusement park came up with an outside of the box idea to help its floundering weekday attendance numbers, offering up entry free of charge to the public on Monday. Of course, the idea worked like a charm. According to Sina, 5,000 visitors crowded in front of the ticket offices at Lewa Adventure Park outside of Xianyang city yesterday to get their free ticket to "fun."
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Hayao Miyazaki's Japanese Theme Park Will Bring His Movies to Life
by Caitlin Morton
scar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki spent decades creating whimsical worlds, with animated movies such as Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, and My Neighbor Totoro. And now, after retiring from filmmaking in 2013, the Japanese director is building a real-life version of his imaginative landscapes—a 10,000-acre theme park called The Forest Where the Wind Returns.
For fans of Miyazaki's breathtaking and compelling films, this park is literally a dream come true. And much like his films, the park will center around nature—in fact, the whole project is more like a giant natural playground. Located on the forest-filled Kume Island in Okinawa, Japan, the park will include a library, sleeping quarters for 30 people, and as few man-made attractions as possible. As opposed to most buzzing and beeping theme parks, The Forest Where the Wind Returns will invite children to appreciate the world through their five senses.
Miyazaki will invest about $2.5 million into construction, which will begin in the spring of 2016. The park is set to open sometime in 2018.
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Theme park horror as teen crushed to death after falling into machinery from pirate ship ride
By Andy Rudd
A teenager has been crushed to death after falling from a pirate ship theme park ride into moving machinery.
Terrified amusement park visitors screamed in horror at the sight of the man's mangled body and now safety experts are probing how he fell.
The accident happened at a crowded temple fair in Jiaguang Village, in Baoding City of China’s northern Hebei Province - where rides have been erected to entertain locals.
Witnesses say the 19-year-old, who has only been identified by his surname, was seen repeatedly "standing" on his seat as the ride swung back and forth.
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Ride a wind turbine in this crazy wind farm amusement park
by Lucy Wang
If you’ve ever wanted to see the views from atop a wind turbine, your wish may soon come true. The Dutch renewable energy company Qurrent just unveiled plans to transform a wind farm into the “world’s first sustainable theme park.” Designed in collaboration with Jora Entertainment, the park will be packed with adrenaline-pumping rides from the world’s tallest spiraling water slide to an incredibly fast attraction on a turbine blade booster.
While Qurrent’s planned 8,000-square-meter theme park won’t be the first to be powered by wind, it will be the first to turn wind turbines into amusement park rides. The eco-theme park will also offer more than thrills and novelty. Qurrent envisions the park as a “celebration of environmental contribution” that will showcase Dutch renewable energy and educate the public on sustainable practices.
The wind-powered attractions will include rides such as the Beaufort Buster, a spiraling water slide that winds around the wind turbine tower; the Blade Runner, a “shockingly fast ride on a turbine blade booster;” the Newton Nightmare, a drop tower ride that descends 95 meters in 1.5 seconds; and the Happy Hurricane rollercoaster ride. In-park eateries will be solar powered.
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Disneyland Paris worker found dead in Haunted House
By Helena Horton
French police have launched an investigation into the death of a Disneyland Paris worker after his body was found in a Haunted House.
They confirmed they are investigating the death of a male technician in the Phantom Manor.
The body of the 45-year old father was found at 10am on Saturday, and it is believed he died of electrocution while carrying out work in the attraction, which showcases ghosts and other sinister themes.
A spokesperson for the prosecutor in nearby Meaux said the man, who has not been identified, was working on the lighting backstage when he died.
A staff union representative at Disneyland Paris, Patrick Maldidier, said the man, who had worked at the park for over a decade, was hugely popular with colleagues and was "always smiling".
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Family Kingdom Amusement Park parking booth robbed, Myrtle Beach police investigating
By Elizabeth Townsend
Money spilled all over the ground as a Family Kingdom Amusement Park parking booth worker fought with two suspects who grabbed a cash box out of his booth.
Myrtle Beach officers were called to the scene about 2:20 p.m. Friday for a strong armed robbery in progress near Family Kingdom Amusement Park, and the two suspects had fled toward the beach when police arrived, according to a report.
The 81-year-old male victim told police that just before they arrived two men in their late teens passed by his parking booth window at the parking gate near Friendly’s.
The victim began explaining the rates, but before he could finish, one of the men grabbed the cash box inside the booth.
The victim got a hold of the cash box, containing $764, and struggled with one of the suspects, and the victim was pushed backward by the other suspect while fighting over the box, causing money to spill on the ground, according to the report.
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Norway Plans Ibsen Theme Park
Attractions to include a house haunted by guilt, a slamming-door exhibit, and Little Eyolf’s Rat Race.
by Hal Cropp
SKIEN, NORWAY: Arts Council Norway today unveiled ambitious plans for Ibsen Verden (Ibsen World), a 25-acre theme park celebrating the dramatist considered by many to be the father of modern drama, in the town where he was born in 1828. Scheduled to open in the spring of 2017 (the 150th anniversary of the premiere of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt), the park will offer attendees of all ages a chance to experience the author’s signature blend of piercing social critique and free-floating existential dread in a fun and interactive environment surrounded by southern Norway’s lush lakes and waterways.
Unique attractions planned for Ibsen Verden include a haunted house, inspired by the divisive drama Ghosts, which visitors can exit only via a lethal morphine injection, and a Hedda Gabler shooting gallery in which participants are forced to contemplate the futility of human striving in the vicinity of a loaded weapon. The Master Builder Pavilion, sponsored by Nokia, will offer a free “master class” on brooding over doomed but deeply symbolic structures, with practical take-home tips like the best materials for sky castles.
And no Ibsen experience would be complete without a cathartic door-slamming exhibit, in honor of the stunning climax of A Doll’s House, or Dr. Stockmann’s Water Report, a hair-raising raft excursion through a contaminated lagoon. Park planners aren’t overlooking youngsters in their plans, promising such thrilling rides as Peer Gynt’s Troll Trap and Little Eyolf’s Rat Race.
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Deadly ride: Man falls to death as his belt breaks during theme park ride in China-Watch
by Zee Media Bureau
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Keansburg Amusement Park hopes to reopen iconic ride
by Jerry Carino
For its 112th year of operation, the Keansburg Amusement Park is looking to do something decidedly retro. It plans to reopen “The Spook House,” a historic 1930s ride that was badly damaged by superstorm Sandy in 2012. “We hope to have it reopen by the end of the summer,” marketing director Katie Johnson said.
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Want a log flume in your back garden? Cash-strapped theme park to auction off rides
Nostalgic punters will have a chance to get their hands on a complete, wooden log flume, for the bargain price of £25,000
By Taylor Geall
A struggling theme park is auctioning off a number of classic attractions in a bid to raise some much-needed cash - including a complete LOG FLUME.
Nostalgic punters will have a chance to get their hands on a complete, wooden log flume, for the bargain price of £25,000.
Dreamland in Margate, Kent, originally paid £145,000 for the flume just two years ago, and with a footprint covering more than 2,500 sq/m, it's unlikely to fit in a standard back garden.
Bidding for the eight log-flume carts for the ride, which are being sold separately, starts at just £250.
The ride features two drops - a 6m one and a larger 10m drop - along the lengthy track, and was originally built in 2001.
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Billionaire Wang to Build $3.3 Billion French Theme Park
by Bloomberg News
A partnership led by by Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda Group Co. plans to invest more than 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) in a retail and leisure development project outside of Paris, taking on Walt Disney Co. in the euro area’s second-largest economy.
EuropaCity will be built 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) northeast of Paris. It will be the biggest single investment project in Europe to date, including a theme park, show stage, hotel, retail stores and conference centers, the company said in a statement. The project, which spans more than 80 hectares (198 acres), will also provide about 20,000 jobs during construction and 14,000 after it opens, according to the statement.
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Theme park advert featuring ride that teenager died on feels like a 'knife in the heart' for grieving mum
By James McCarthy
The mum of a teenager killed on an Oakwood rollercoaster has hit out at TV adverts that repeatedly show the ride. The mum-of-three claimed Oakwood had promised her they would not broadcast the 55mph ride in its campaigns. “I spoke to someone last year and they promised they would not show the advert,” 57-year-old Beverley said. Her daughter, Hayley, died after she plunged 30m from Hydro on April 15, 2004.
“It is just too hard,” Beverley said. “Why would they want to hurt a family like that? My other daughter has never spoken about what happened that day. It’s too hard for her. How do they think she feels? I just want the adverts to stop. That is all I am asking for. I said to them how would you feel if your child had died, would you want it on? It’s hard, it really is hard, and it does not get any easier. It’s a horrible feeling, it makes me feel sick. It’s a horrible feeling and it makes me feel sad. I see her pretty face smiling and it makes me think, ‘Oh God, why did this happen to you?’ I would love to see that ride taken down, that is how I feel about that ride, and I am not the only one. A lot of Hayley’s friends, they are 28 now, and they say, ‘Why have they not taken it down? Why do they keep it up?’ They told me it is there most popular ride. I am annoyed about it because they know Hayley died at Easter. I know it was on the 15th but it was Easter week. I took her to see Westlife on Easter Monday and on Thursday she was dead. The Westlife thing was a birthday gift because her birthday was on March 16. For them to advertise the rides at Easter when they know Hayley died at Easter I think is just sick. It’s like sticking the knife in.”
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Morris Cerullo plans huge Christian theme park in San Diego
by Mark Woods
Controversial televangelist Morris Cerullo is set to join the ranks of Christian real estate entrepreneurs with a Christian-themed resort in San Diego, California.
It's the latter that Cerullo's ministry is pinning his hopes on in his attempt to attract up to 400,000 visitors a year. The attraction – which still needs city council approval – will feature underground passages reminiscent of ancient Rome, a 20-foot tall replica of Jerusalem's Western Wall, and a cinema with motion seats and sensory effects simulating wind, snow and fog. The biblical museum will contain Judeo-Christian artifacts
If the idea sounds more Disney than Deuteronomy, that's deliberate – Cerullo has hired Visioneering Studios, whose bosses are ex-Disney employees, to bring the project to life.
While the project – based on an existing resort in Mission Valley – can't be described as lacking in ambition, it may face an uphill struggle to become a mainstream destination. The Union-Tribune quotes Robert Niles, editor of Theme Park Insider, who says: "History has shown with these kinds of projects that they don't really break out beyond the evangelical Christian market. People's fear of proselytizing overrides whatever technology they can throw at you. If you feel there may even be a mild sell, they won't come."
Cerullo's ministry is based around his claims to be able to perform miraculous healings, none of which have been substantiated by doctors.
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Horrifying moment schoolboy breaks leg after falling from theme park ride and getting stuck
By Simon Carr
This is the moment a schoolboy suffered a broken leg after he fell from a theme park ride. The 12-year-old came off a waltzer-style ride and was trapped for several minutes as it continued to rotate. The footage shows Hasan Ali being pulled along on the floor at Shangri La Resort and Waterpark, in Mumbai, India.
He can be seen being dragged along as people try to grab him but nobody stops the ride - which is described as a motorised swing. It is claimed the parents of the boy accused the operators at the resort of being careless while staff said it was the child's fault.
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A $2 billion Mars theme park experience in Las Vegas?
By Robin Leach
John Spencer, designer and founder of the Space Tourism Society, has outlined plans to build a $2 billion red planet theme park experience as a Las Vegas tourist attraction.
John has begun his second round of $17 million fundraising to move the project from concept to reality. John designed Japan’s Space World theme park and part of the International Space Station and worked on the Star Trek Experience when it was launched at the Las Vegas Hilton.
He wants Mars World to be open by 2021, and he’s looking at two possible sites, both 66 acres to 85 acres, between I-15 and Las Vegas Boulevard to create his Mars colony.
John has plans for simulated Mars walks in one-fourth Earth gravity, a Rover space tram to carry visitors around the crater, an out-of-this-world concert space and an animatronic petting zoo for children.
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p.s. Hey. ** Jamie McMorrow, Whoop, Jamie. Oh, cool. That my explanation was okay. Flattening out comedy is a great idea. Yeah, maybe it's harder. I would imagine it would be something where you could only create that intention partly in the actual dialogue? I'm guessing you might have to also include performance intentions somehow? I know with Zac's and my scripts, there's what you can do in the actual script, and then there's the 'statement of intent' text that accompanies it, and that's where we try to describe how the performers will be controlled and modulated, which isn't easy to do, of course. Anyway, I love that idea and the sound of that script/project of yours. French castles can be pretty cool. They can have this ... well, 'French' thing about them. A particular kind of ornateness or something. If you end up in France and swing through Paris, let's have a coffee and hang out, if that suits your plans. Wow, your girlfriend does sound really smart and cool. That's quite a superb list of writers. I especially love Anna Kavan. She's great. I did a post about her work not too, too long ago. Awesome. And thanks for the link to the 2Tone doc. That looks must-like. I'll check it. Everyone, I was having a conversation here the other day with Steevee about ska and 2Tone, and if you looked in or are just generally interested, Jamie McMorrow has just hooked anyone who's into it up with a documentary about 2Tone called 'Rudies Come Back', and you can watch it here. Here's hoping your weekend more than lived up to the promise that goes along with the concept of 'the weekend'. Love, me. ** Steevee, Hi. Cool, looking forward to the interview! Everyone, Steevee just interviewed the great French actor Vincent Lindon about his work and specifically about his work in Stéphane Brisé’s film 'The Measure of a Man', and reading it is highly recommended. Do so here. ** Bernard Welt, Hi, B. Cool that you'll get to hang with Diarmiud. He facilitated a showing of 'Like Cattle Towards Glow' in Brighton later this year, so Zac and I will get to hang out with the great man then, I presume. Nice about that panel and the unsurprising but welcome news that your talk got high praise from those who know their shit and were enlightened by yours. I hope the next two weeks aren't too rough. It must be sad. ** MANCY, Hi, S! Thank you so, so much! It was a hit locally, no surprise, and the traffic was upper echelon. I hope the fever that brought you down was only a brief weekend glitch. ** Kiddiepunk, Super thank you! ** Thomas Moronic, Hey. Thanks for the wonderful response to MANCY's post of posts! ** Dóra Grőber, Hi! Yeah, you described precisely my problem with it. It just ends up a lot of time being over-emotional outbursts where the supposed topic is just the megaphone they're using or something. The TV project is getting there. I spent 80% of the weekend hold-up here working on the script, but we're now fairly deep into Episode 2, so it's getting where it needs to go, and I guess a week and a half of fried brains and not much of a social life is/will be worth it. The only 'get out' thing really was a birthday party/dinner for my pal and collaborator Gisele last night, and that was very nice. Yeah, the writing muse is so moody. I guess that's what it takes to be an inspiring source. I think ultimately you have to trust that stuff. It always come back. But, yeah. Thank you so much about 'Period'! I'm so happy to hear that! Thank you for devoting your great brain to it! How is Monday working out for you? ** Bill, Hi, Bill. Oh, perhaps I do, ha ha. And perhaps ditto. Oh, yeah, that Coil video. Supposedly that trip to Thailand to film that vid and the occasioned ... activities ... is why Peter C. wound up spending his golden years living there. ** Postitbreakup, Hi, Josh. My weekend was just work-filled and unexciting, but it was good. I'm happy to hear you had a nice one, oh deserved one! I'll go read that funny/sad article in just a bit. Thank you! ** Bear, Hi, Bear! Really nice to see you again! Thank you very much for the fill-in about you. So when you act, is it mostly in theater and live performance contexts? That's very interesting and, I imagine, nerve-wracking about you being in the process of producing your first play. Is that a difficult task? I imagining so. What is the play like or about, if you feel like saying? That's exciting. I don't think I know the work of Genesis, no. I will start knowing him with a google search today. Thanks very much for the tip! Awesome! I'm good, and I hope you are too. ** _Black_Acrylic, Howdy, Ben. Oh, yum, about the Italo Tearjerkers post. Thank you kindly! Tearjerking is such a beautiful thing when it works, and Italians certainly have been proven to be acers of that turf. ** Cobaltfram, Well, hi there, John! Sight for sore eyes and lovely to see you, pal! I'm good, just very busy, the usual. That's very top news about the progress on your novel! Fantastic! I'm back working on my novel after having been kind of forced to take a very long break to make Zac's and my film and to write Gisele's and my recent piece 'The Ventriloquists Convention'. So, yeah, it's very nice to be back into it. I think it's going well. It's very different, which is both exciting and difficulty-making in the good way. You're moving to NYC! Whoa! No, I didn't know that. Congratulations, man. That's huge! Really good to see you, John! I hope to get to see you more. ** Tender prey, Marc! Hooray! Man, I've been thinking about you and missing you and wondering how you are! So, this is great! 10 years? Wow. Time is bizarre. Happy anniversary! Apart from the pleasant drifting, how are you and how is everything? What are you working on? I keep hoping you'll get over here to Paris at some point. And me to London. We're trying to set up a London screening of our film, without a huge amount of luck yet, but I think might just. Wait, are you in London? Marc! It's so great to see you! Love, Dennis. ** H, Hi, h. My weekend was beset with much work. Needed work, mostly accomplished, so it was fine. Well, cool, thank you for whatever part you played in coaxing Bear into here. It's a pleasure getting to know him. ** Misanthrope, Hi. To own Noah Matous? Hm, well, one thing, based on my knowledge of how slave ownership works, is that if you own a slave, you basically have to pay for everything regarding them anyway, so paying them money to get them isn't really how it works unless you're buying a guy from someone who already owns him. So, it's hard to say. I think mostly you would have to convince Noah Matous that you and your world offer everything he's ever wanted in a partner, sexual and otherwise, and in a living situation and vis-à-vis location and that you're able to support him in his daily life financially. So, in a word, I would imagine you're a shoo-in. Errands, I hear you. I'm doing assignment writing work, which is like running a very long errand from the 'comfort' of my 'desk'. Uh, I personally think un-swearing off writing and reading is probably a good idea. ** Sypha, Hi, James. Thank you for the personal reverie about Black Metal and your experiences with it. That was very interesting. ** Okay. Today I am subjecting you to my love of amusement parks yet again. So it goes. Those of you who share even a smidgen of my love for such things will hopefully have a good time today. The rest of you can do your best. See you tomorrow.
