Venice CM 06.27.08

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Knittens at 06.25.08 - 12:27 am

OH HAI!
VENICE CRITICAL MASS
FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH, 7:30pm
WINDWARD CIRCLE
we play soccer
we ryde bicyz
EFF YOU ENN
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Again LACM will try to meet up with you folks at a designated place half-way between your meet point and our meet point.  
 skd
skd06.25.08 - 11:11 am
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Crank Mob park at Venice and Canfield?!?!  Bring your music trailers and your 300 peeps!!!!
 jericho1ne
jericho1ne06.25.08 - 2:28 pm
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(we'll supply the dancers, soccer balls, and jumpropes)
 jericho1ne
jericho1ne06.25.08 - 2:28 pm
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Gais,
I'm going to this ride, and while VCM has certain emerging traditions such as soccer, it is a Critical Mass.  I plan to make sure that the Critical Mass tradition of the group making collective decisions is respected.  I'm all for meeting LACM, but it has to be the groups decision.  The majority of that group is not on this board, so if we could refrain from making decisions for them, that might be good.
 Alex Thompson
Alex Thompson06.25.08 - 2:37 pm
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i disagree w/ Alex. 47% of the people don't care where they ride, 65% want people to plan something cool like a meet-up, and 3% should go back to the past cause that's where they are living.
 alec
alec06.25.08 - 2:56 pm
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whoa alec,
I thought you were straight edge.
 spiraldemon
spiraldemon06.25.08 - 3:00 pm
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The math may be flawed on that, but the logic is untouchable.
 rossangeles
rossangeles06.25.08 - 3:04 pm
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oh hai
alec is my fwend now on teh book of fayses!!!!!11!
taht is all
 Knittens
Knittens06.25.08 - 3:13 pm
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oh hai
eye watns to tell u dis
sprialdemon and teh junkboat is mai fwends now
you r not as famus
mebbe u shud start a vee see emm?
 Knittens
Knittens06.25.08 - 3:19 pm
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Who's coming to this ride?  We've got 29 confirmed Facebook guests which is pretty good . . . best since the first ride when we had 130, and then it rained all day beforehand.
Venice CM making a comeback!
 Alex Thompson
Alex Thompson06.26.08 - 11:19 am
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I'm working in Santa Monica Friday. If I finish by start time I'm there.
 rossangeles
rossangeles06.26.08 - 11:27 am
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Contingently, Rossangeles is in.  Who else?  Who else?  Get your Vee SeMen underpants out and lets ride.
 Alex Thompson
Alex Thompson06.26.08 - 4:00 pm
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Venice cm is the only ride I’ve ever seen where at one point every person (about 30) was playing a group game. Come pLAy!
 alec
alec06.26.08 - 5:12 pm
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This ride is the warmup for the SMCM + Fireworks mega ride on July 4th.
 Alex Thompson
Alex Thompson06.26.08 - 6:41 pm
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I'll be there, but as usual I agree with Alec.
 franz
franz06.27.08 - 2:54 pm
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boo soccer yay fuuuutball
 Coe
Coe06.27.08 - 3:09 pm
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If we play Aussie Rules Football we can easily break CRANK MOB's head injuries record!!!
 Alex Thompson
Alex Thompson06.27.08 - 4:11 pm
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We don't call it aerial ping pong for nothing
 ephemerae
ephemerae06.28.08 - 12:50 am
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crazy night. nice meeting everyone i met! too many people. 
 tinycities
tinycities06.28.08 - 12:05 pm
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Bikes.. Soccer.. SM Rings - great times!
Vee See EMM !!!
 bondink
bondink06.28.08 - 1:39 pm
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OH HAI!
duz u gais want 2 ryde dis ryd next monf?
u can say
YEAH!!! !! ! !  !
or
MEOW
or
GET A CAR
if u does
 Knittens
Knittens06.28.08 - 1:50 pm
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GET A CAR
Thanks for a fun time everyone.  I'm glad I met up with y'all on my way home from work the other night.  That was my first venice cm and it was all sorts of unexpected goodness.  Alex, thanks for letting me participate in you experiment on the rings and big thanks to who ever let us use the pool at their apartment (I arrived late so I didn't quite figure out who's place it was).
 Undercover Bob
Undercover Bob06.29.08 - 1:56 pm
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It was fun. I couldn't play soccer because I can't play soccer for the life of me too well. But if it was basketball, well, we'll game on.
Nice to know SMPD has its priorities. Protecting Rose Bushes. Not that I live around there but It's nice to know Santa Monica has it's priorities such as protecting a hidden bee colony at City Hall we all weren't aware of.
After I left, I rode back to Hermosa Beach and arriving there 50 to an hour later, the bars are close to closing at one???? What bar closes at 1??? Apparently, bars at Hermosa close at 1 AM.
 Noble Experiment
Noble Experiment06.29.08 - 6:18 pm
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Spiderman!!! YOU=AWESOME!!!
Great night! Thanks for sharing the pool! :)
 Coe coe buttaa
Coe coe buttaa06.29.08 - 10:04 pm
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Noble, next ride I will have a decent quality basketball with me (Wilson Jet Indoor/Outdoor or equivalent), for those that prefer one sport over the other.  Mar Vista park is a gem, it was my first time there.  VCM is turning into a real multi-sport workout, we might as well jump in the ocean next month!
 jericho1ne
jericho1ne06.29.08 - 11:03 pm
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GET A CAR!
Decent quality basketball as in my basketball?  Thief.
That was you Undercover Bob.  That makes more sense.  Now I feel like a jackass!
 Alex Thompson
Alex Thompson06.29.08 - 11:23 pm
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Uh oh... I think I just blew my cover, Alex.  At least I still have my secret identity (right Coe?)
 Undercover Bob
Undercover Bob06.29.08 - 11:33 pm
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@ jericho1ne
I would like to cast my vote in support of running into the ocean.
 Undercover Bob
Undercover Bob06.30.08 - 11:04 am
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@ jericho1ne & undercoverbob
I cast a vote for running into the ocean. 
And if its in Venice (it is Vee See Emm), my apt is a block away -- good for after party (drying off, bike locking, etc.)
 bondink
bondink06.30.08 - 12:33 pm
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My third CM, and my first in Venice...fun times, and a good ride.  My leg is still sore from getting twisted in the mud at SM City Hall.  What are my legal rights :P
Anyway, wrote it up for Streetsblog.  If anyone is interested, it's here:
http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/06/30/riding-the-westside-with-venice-critical-mass/
 daymen
daymen06.30.08 - 4:28 pm
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