OK doods. Need some help here. As you can see from the "Huck" thread...I'm starting to get "itchy"...
I need some adrenaline but this city is so FUCKING FLAT I can't even ride my longboard in traffic (which is what I did in Boston). I have been biking and working out to angry music, but that just doesn't cut it...I have a kite surfing sail and harness, but no board yet, so that's out...took my longboard to the skate park last weekend, not enough speed. Skydiving is too expensive, there is no snow on the landfills, the high dive at the gym is not open to the public, road biking without hills sucks, and there are no trampoline training centers nearby...FACK!
Usually I would just get super drunk and that numbs the need for a bit, but with school and shit I can't afford to be really hungover.
One idea that might work is getting really herbal and taking the longboard to a parking deck...BTW I'm in Chicago.
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10-23-2003, 12:13 PM #1
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Help! Urban adrenal release assistance needed...
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10-23-2003, 12:17 PM #2
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Drunk driving on Lakeshore Drive?
Drunk longboarding at rush hour?
18-holes of golf on acid?
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10-23-2003, 12:23 PM #3
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damn dude, sounds like you and Funken are suffering from the same illness. Try a quaalude...
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10-23-2003, 12:28 PM #4
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Welcome to my world. You could always get married and have a couple of kids.
Otherwise, I have done the parking garage longboard deal and it's pretty fun -good to have someone to go with though.
Golf is fun, although it sort of makes you feel even more pathetic.
What I do is post here on the board, go to weather cams, plan trips, look at gear, etc...
aaarrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....it's hopeless."When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible."
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10-23-2003, 12:28 PM #5
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Are there any wall climbing place around? Chicago does have some nice gentlemen clubs so a private dance my help.
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10-23-2003, 12:29 PM #6
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Too late to bodily get in the way of the Cubs winning the NL pennant so get a shirt that says "Ditka Smokes Pole" and hit up a Bears game.
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10-23-2003, 12:30 PM #7
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there has got to be a better way.
b.a.s.e. jumping really would be perfect. apparently you need 250+ skydives to even consider it though, which is way way more than i can afford in time or money...
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10-23-2003, 12:31 PM #8
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Re: Help! Urban adrenal release assistance needed...
thats why they invented your new passtime -- BASE jumping! enjoy. add skis later and give mcconk a run for his money.Originally posted by gonzo
Skydiving is too expensive,
(i lived in chicago for 3 years. after you get past the sadness of waking up from dreams of the rocky mountain front range appearing right behind the chicago skyline, you start making flight reservations. there is no pain like digging your car out of 3 feet of snow you cant ski on. GET OUT!!!)
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10-23-2003, 12:32 PM #9
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You could also just study really hard
and start like a student club or sumtin.
"When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible."
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10-23-2003, 12:32 PM #10
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do you ever go running? could be a good way to shake off any dust while getting a workout and way to check out different parts of the city. as your attorney, i advise you to get herbal and just run for a while until you're lost, then find your way back differently than yer original route. keep a few bills in your shoe in case you need to buy a bus or "el" fare or some fluids.
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10-23-2003, 12:33 PM #11
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Go to Strictly Business tomorrow night and mix it up with the locals. It's a step joint on the south side, and the people are super nice and into introducing lily white JONGs to step, which is like line dancing to R&B and Hip-Hop.
http://chicago.citysearch.com/profile/3649095
Then get a shortboard and go street skating.
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10-23-2003, 12:36 PM #12
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Hook up with Shredhead - he goes waterskiing every weekend - I've got a wakeboard that you can borrow when you go.
Also, open invite here in St. Louis, where I seem to have found a couple of things to stay occupied - we'll have some fun if you come down."When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible."
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10-23-2003, 12:37 PM #13
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You can also go for a full body massage w/release.
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10-23-2003, 12:37 PM #14
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Breakfast club flashback:Originally posted by Karl Stall
You could also just study really hard and start like a student club or sumtin.
Bender: Well, I don't know any lepers either but I'm not gonna run out and join one of their fuckin' clubs.
Andrew: Lets watch the mouth, huh?
Brian: I'm in the physics club.
Bender: Excuse me a sec. What are you babbling about?
Brian: Well, what I said was that I'm in the math club, the latin club and the physics club.
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10-23-2003, 12:46 PM #15
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Reference Kentucky Fried MovieOriginally posted by Tap
easy...go down to the South Side, hurl a few racial slurs, tell 'um they can't catch you, and RUN!
easy Chicago adreanal release. just don't pre-release. it's not macho."All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring."
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10-23-2003, 12:48 PM #16
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urban mt. bike ride. jump some stair sets and retaining walls and stuff.
preferrably while herbal.
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10-23-2003, 12:56 PM #17
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Re: Help! Urban adrenal release assistance needed...
And now you know precisely why the midwest sucks so bad.Originally posted by gonzo
I need some adrenaline but this city is so FUCKING FLAT I can't even ride my longboard in traffic (which is what I did in Boston). I have been biking and working out to angry music, but that just doesn't cut it...I have a kite surfing sail and harness, but no board yet, so that's out...took my longboard to the skate park last weekend, not enough speed. Skydiving is too expensive, there is no snow on the landfills, the high dive at the gym is not open to the public, road biking without hills sucks, and there are no trampoline training centers nearby...FACK!
And now you know precisely why people in Chicago drink so muchUsually I would just get super drunk and that numbs the need for a bit, but with school and shit I can't afford to be really hungover.
Outside magazine did a story about a year ago about places to go to get away from the city and do outdoorsy stuff. I'm pretty sure Chicago was in there, but I can't seem to find the story on their web site. If you can find the story I'm sure you could get a couple ideas.
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10-23-2003, 12:59 PM #18
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10-23-2003, 12:59 PM #19
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Fortified wine, transsexual hookers, and a trip to the Care Bears store?
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10-23-2003, 01:00 PM #20
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i think i may make night-time herbal parking deck assaults my new hobby. i have a sector 9 and a 5 foot flowlab (beast!) - i'll be able to do it regardless of weather...lots of parking decks in CHI. ggggrrrrrrr.
brit: base jumping is too expensive...but perfect...maybe in a few years...
karl: we should hang out soon
bill: left mountain bike at home...jumping stairs would be all i could use it for here in pancake land
climbing walls and strippers to fill in the gaps...
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10-23-2003, 01:01 PM #21
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"adrenal release assistance needed..."
LOL at your title dude...trust me, you don't want an "adrenal release", not unless you want to be on corticosteroid replacement therapy for the rest of your life.Your dog just ate an avocado!
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10-23-2003, 01:06 PM #22
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Welcome to shitcago...get my cel # from Karl Stall. Adrenaline induced highs are tough to come by here...at least legally. What law school are you at?
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10-23-2003, 01:13 PM #23
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Paging Ogre...Originally posted by Viva
"adrenal release assistance needed..."
LOL at your title dude...trust me, you don't want an "adrenal release", not unless you want to be on corticosteroid replacement therapy for the rest of your life.
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10-23-2003, 01:14 PM #24
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viva - thought adrenaline came from the adrenal gland? hence an adrenal release would be good? guess not...
truth - i'm at uchicago. are you in chicago or have you moved on?
tap - that article was cool - thanks mang.
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10-23-2003, 01:15 PM #25
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What about some urban bike riding. Take your road bike (or better yet one of those messenger bikes) out during rush hour and race traffic. I'm pretty sure that would get you going.
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