One Crazy Summer!
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pyatDate: Wednesday, August 14th, 1991
Place: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, population 400,000.
Who: Pyat, Caucasian male, aged 17. 5’11”, 215 lbs. Light brown hair, wavy at front, three weeks overdue for trim. Wears glasses striped in two different shades of brown. Initially dressed in track pants and “Einstein” t-shirt, later in worn jeans and same “Einstein” t-shirt he wore as pajamas.
AM
10:00: Awake, perform morning ablutions.
10:15: Head downstairs to sole air-conditioned room in house. Pet dog. Peanut butter and cheese sandwich for breakfast, or skip meal entirely.
10:30: Mourn lack of choice in summer television. Possibly watch daily Designing Women marathon on CTV, because Jan Hooks and Annie Potts are totally hot.
11:00: Get dressed.
11:05: Switch on XT. Play Magic Candle.
PM
12:30: Call Bill. Enquire about possibility of trek downtown.
12:40: Spaghetti-Ohs for lunch. Return to room, find older sister playing Tetris. Argument ensues.
1:10: Pack RPGs into battered green haversack daubed with extremist slogans. (I.E.: “Captain Kirk is a Twinkie,” “Stalin was O.K. by me,” etc.)
1:15: Consider which Talking Heads tape I should listen to in car.
1:20: Bill arrives in red 1985 Dodge Daytona – his father manages an autoshop and gets good deals on “irreparable” cars. Dan is already seated in backseat. No one cares to listen to The Talking Heads. Begin drive downtown, listening to 102.1 “The Edge” on car stereo. Wait for Jesus Built my Hotrod to come on. Bill pitches munchkinesque Elemental Control power structure for potential new Champions character to Pyat. Pyat refuses to entertain EC proposal. Pyat tries to convince Dan or Bill to GM at some point. Dan talks about his idea for Universe campaign.
Pause for further description of characters:
Bill: Caucasian male, aged 17. 5’11”, 160 lbs. Long black hair tied in pony-tail. Dressed in jeans and Marshall Law t-shirt.
Dan: Caucasian male, age 17. 5’9”, 135 lbs. Frizzy black hair combed straight up into 3-inch tall crest – result of poverty, not style. Dressed in jeans and white t-shirt.
1:35: Arrive at parking lot downtown, located midway between now defunct Sam the Record Man outlet and now renamed Hamilton Eaton’s Centre. Argue over division of parking costs. Total cost: 75 cents. Meet Tim at lot.
Tim: Caucasian male, age 17. 5’6”, 125 lbs. Short black hair covered by baseball cap. Dressed in jeans, Doc Martins, and black t-shirt. Drives ancient blue pick-up truck.
1:42: Browse Sam the Record Man stacks. Bill purchases Primus CD. Dan borrows money to buy Ned’s Atomic Dustbin cassette. Pyat buys 1980 cassette release by Klaatu. Tim buys nothing.
2:00: Arrive at Eaton’s Centre. Make way to long-defunct Games-A-Lot outlet in basement. Browse new releases. Make fun of Vampire: The Masquerade. Talk to weird guy behind counter about Call of Cthulhu. Pyat buys hot new Werewolf: The Apocalypse game. Dan asks for cash to buy It Came from the Late, Late, Late Show>. No loan is forthcoming.
2:35: Cruise mall. Get fries in food court.
3:10: Stop by library to pick up free copy of Broadway theatre schedule. All excited to note upcoming Bladerunner and Brazil double-feature.
3:25: Return to car, head to Silver Snail a few blocks away on King Street.
3:40: Arrive at Silver Snail. Hang out. Watch part of a strange anime. Listen to clerks talk about last episode of Ren and Stimpy. Bill purchases weekly comic shipment. Dan and Tim buy Punisher War Journal. Pyat buys nothing, but looks hard at Space: 1889 supplements.
4:10: Leave for Bill's house in Stoney Creek.
4:35: Arrive in Stoney Creek. Doff shoes, wave to Bill’s parents, arrange selves at dining room table. Champions game starts almost immediately. Bill breaks out pop bottles and pile of deli sticks.
6:20: Pause for supper. Group piles into Daytona for trip to Queenston Road Taco Bell drive through.
6:45: Return to Bill’s house. Game lies fallow. Decision is made to watch Star Trek: TNG.
7:00: Group watches Star Trek: TNG. Argument ensues over Kirk/Picard question. Almost all agree Kirk is superior by dint of bloody-mindedness. Tim is sole dissenting voice.
8:10: Refresh colas and deli sticks. Game resumes.
10:45: Game breaks up by mutual consent. Tim drive Pyat and Dan home in pickup truck. Stop at Taco Bell drive-through for second supper. Tim short-changes Dan and Pyat "for gas."
10:56: Drop Dan off at home.
10:59: Drop Pyat off at home.
11:05: After quietly making way through house to bedroom, Pyat steps on dinner plate left on floor by sister. Curses demurely. Is told to go to sleep by parents.
11:15: Pyat quietly consumes Taco Bell. Switches on computer, Uses pillow to muffle sound of start-up. Plays Magic Candle.
12:35: Retire to bed.
12:36: “Oh GAWD, I wish I had a girlfriend.”
12:55: Sleep.
Place: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, population 400,000.
Who: Pyat, Caucasian male, aged 17. 5’11”, 215 lbs. Light brown hair, wavy at front, three weeks overdue for trim. Wears glasses striped in two different shades of brown. Initially dressed in track pants and “Einstein” t-shirt, later in worn jeans and same “Einstein” t-shirt he wore as pajamas.
AM
10:00: Awake, perform morning ablutions.
10:15: Head downstairs to sole air-conditioned room in house. Pet dog. Peanut butter and cheese sandwich for breakfast, or skip meal entirely.
10:30: Mourn lack of choice in summer television. Possibly watch daily Designing Women marathon on CTV, because Jan Hooks and Annie Potts are totally hot.
11:00: Get dressed.
11:05: Switch on XT. Play Magic Candle.
PM
12:30: Call Bill. Enquire about possibility of trek downtown.
12:40: Spaghetti-Ohs for lunch. Return to room, find older sister playing Tetris. Argument ensues.
1:10: Pack RPGs into battered green haversack daubed with extremist slogans. (I.E.: “Captain Kirk is a Twinkie,” “Stalin was O.K. by me,” etc.)
1:15: Consider which Talking Heads tape I should listen to in car.
1:20: Bill arrives in red 1985 Dodge Daytona – his father manages an autoshop and gets good deals on “irreparable” cars. Dan is already seated in backseat. No one cares to listen to The Talking Heads. Begin drive downtown, listening to 102.1 “The Edge” on car stereo. Wait for Jesus Built my Hotrod to come on. Bill pitches munchkinesque Elemental Control power structure for potential new Champions character to Pyat. Pyat refuses to entertain EC proposal. Pyat tries to convince Dan or Bill to GM at some point. Dan talks about his idea for Universe campaign.
Pause for further description of characters:
Bill: Caucasian male, aged 17. 5’11”, 160 lbs. Long black hair tied in pony-tail. Dressed in jeans and Marshall Law t-shirt.
Dan: Caucasian male, age 17. 5’9”, 135 lbs. Frizzy black hair combed straight up into 3-inch tall crest – result of poverty, not style. Dressed in jeans and white t-shirt.
1:35: Arrive at parking lot downtown, located midway between now defunct Sam the Record Man outlet and now renamed Hamilton Eaton’s Centre. Argue over division of parking costs. Total cost: 75 cents. Meet Tim at lot.
Tim: Caucasian male, age 17. 5’6”, 125 lbs. Short black hair covered by baseball cap. Dressed in jeans, Doc Martins, and black t-shirt. Drives ancient blue pick-up truck.
1:42: Browse Sam the Record Man stacks. Bill purchases Primus CD. Dan borrows money to buy Ned’s Atomic Dustbin cassette. Pyat buys 1980 cassette release by Klaatu. Tim buys nothing.
2:00: Arrive at Eaton’s Centre. Make way to long-defunct Games-A-Lot outlet in basement. Browse new releases. Make fun of Vampire: The Masquerade. Talk to weird guy behind counter about Call of Cthulhu. Pyat buys hot new Werewolf: The Apocalypse game. Dan asks for cash to buy It Came from the Late, Late, Late Show>. No loan is forthcoming.
2:35: Cruise mall. Get fries in food court.
3:10: Stop by library to pick up free copy of Broadway theatre schedule. All excited to note upcoming Bladerunner and Brazil double-feature.
3:25: Return to car, head to Silver Snail a few blocks away on King Street.
3:40: Arrive at Silver Snail. Hang out. Watch part of a strange anime. Listen to clerks talk about last episode of Ren and Stimpy. Bill purchases weekly comic shipment. Dan and Tim buy Punisher War Journal. Pyat buys nothing, but looks hard at Space: 1889 supplements.
4:10: Leave for Bill's house in Stoney Creek.
4:35: Arrive in Stoney Creek. Doff shoes, wave to Bill’s parents, arrange selves at dining room table. Champions game starts almost immediately. Bill breaks out pop bottles and pile of deli sticks.
6:20: Pause for supper. Group piles into Daytona for trip to Queenston Road Taco Bell drive through.
6:45: Return to Bill’s house. Game lies fallow. Decision is made to watch Star Trek: TNG.
7:00: Group watches Star Trek: TNG. Argument ensues over Kirk/Picard question. Almost all agree Kirk is superior by dint of bloody-mindedness. Tim is sole dissenting voice.
8:10: Refresh colas and deli sticks. Game resumes.
10:45: Game breaks up by mutual consent. Tim drive Pyat and Dan home in pickup truck. Stop at Taco Bell drive-through for second supper. Tim short-changes Dan and Pyat "for gas."
10:56: Drop Dan off at home.
10:59: Drop Pyat off at home.
11:05: After quietly making way through house to bedroom, Pyat steps on dinner plate left on floor by sister. Curses demurely. Is told to go to sleep by parents.
11:15: Pyat quietly consumes Taco Bell. Switches on computer, Uses pillow to muffle sound of start-up. Plays Magic Candle.
12:35: Retire to bed.
12:36: “Oh GAWD, I wish I had a girlfriend.”
12:55: Sleep.
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Date: 2003-08-14 09:43 am (UTC)It was a very good year..."
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Date: 2003-08-14 10:04 am (UTC)