Last night was one of those times that reminded me that SL used to be about fun for me. Hanging with friends, laughing, playing, letting off steam. It’s not always supposed to be about work and deadlines.

I’d logged in, was just standing there in my room, reading messages, thinking about what to do next. Suddenly flames seemed to be around me and loud BOINGS filled the air. *grin* Must be that Hell and Nat were there. When my home is filled with strange sights and noises, I KNOW that they have come to play. Apparently the 2 of them were totally hyped up. First they ran about me, jumped around, flew around. Then they pulled out the pogo sticks we’d all gotten awhile ago at UBar. So I wore mine too and we boinged about my room. We decided we were having such a good time that we needed to share. Except I REALLY didn’t want my bedroom trashed (again, oh Dale and Oura…..). So we boinged our way downstairs and began sending out IMs to invite people to join us.

It’s really frustrating to decide to throw an impromptu party at a time when SL is borked and not allowing logons. It sort of limits how many people are around to play. But Oura, Bree, Panacea, Willa and Nico answered the call. I know Bree from Plurk and we’ve only met once before inworld. We plurk often, however, and I knew that she, like I, was in need of blowing off steam from a long, full day. Turns out Pan and Oura were in the same shape. *grin* So we boinged and we boinged and we boinged. I wish I could play the sound effects for you here. They really do add to the ambiance. Of course Hell and Nat led a raid upstairs to my room. It was sort of like a pogo-stick cha-cha line.

We’d been boinging for a bit when Rrish managed to get inworld for her DJ’ing shift at the Crown and Pearl. We decided to boing over to the the CnP and spread the Pogo Sillies. So we did. We did lose Bree (who had other commitments) and Willa and Nico in the move, but we picked up Rrish, Calli and Jonny. Calli of course already HAD a pogo stick. LOL. As she said – with her inventory, she may have absolutely everything. Notice of course that not only was Calli’s pogo stick colorful, it was of interesting design. And that is all I shall say about THAT. *grin* Prad winked in and out. Declined to pogo, as did 2 others who tp’d in. /me sings: every party has its pooper, that’s why we invited you! Notice that at some point in the proceedings, Hell’s grew to be quite large. His pogo stick, that is. And that is all I shall say about THAT. *grin* It gets very lewd at the CnP on occasion. Both Panacea and Calli are excellent photographers and their photos of the great Boing-Off are posted on Snapzilla.

Nat and Oura decided that the Christmas tree, although beautiful, really should be crowned with Pogo’ers, not a star. So they boinged it out at the top for a bit. Finally, I believe we need to declare Nat the victor. Nat, Queen of the Hill. Er, tree.

It was a wonderful time. We laughed, blew off steam and in general cut loose. Several of us ended up IM’ing with friends we’d not chatted with in ages as we IM’d them to join in the silliness. Ah Chadd – I MISS you. It was great to chat, even if it was only “hi”. If you didn’t get an invite – it’s because you weren’t online. *grin* As they say, timing is everything. Oh wait – maybe they say “location, location, location”. Well, yesterday SL was THE place to be. BOING!!!

This girl makes us all look bad. The violin is hard enough on its own! And I don’t even want to think of what would happen if I tried to use a pogo stick, even if I was giving it every bit of my full attention!

Dave is right. She should quit school immediately and tour the world forever.

A jövő Darwin-díjasai!

OMFG! Christ on a Pogo stick! Tabernac!

Celebrating a year since the Danish cartoons that so offended Muslims that there were calls for all manner of bad things. Exercise your freedoms of speech and religion by insulting both! Goddammit!

h/t Greg Laden

This guy was just terrible and I mean that in the nicest way. Must of had 2 bounces the first try and 3 the second…Not even close to the 20..but his friend was a pogo stick beast, we couldn’t get him to stop. He must have been a professional at one point or another. Thanks for PLAYING!

This dude is ridiculous.

Fun! That’s what this weekend was.

I was there all 3 days – and all for free. I volunteered for 2 short nights (Friday & Saturday) at a D&D info table – basically, soliciting random people to play D&D and other roleplaying games.

I dressed up in the usual Commander Keen costume, and this time a lot of people tried out my pogo stick, and I even made an entire video for it!

I also got a good deal of photos. Not the best, I really should have gone outside and took some with better lighting and such. But the outside, it burns. Here’s my Photobucket picdump: http://s283.photobucket.com/albums/kk314/CommanderKeener/Fan Expo 2009/?start=all

Hope everyone who was there had fun.
It certainly was a great first Fan Expo for me. ^^

So, I’m reading this article about X-TREME POGO, and a few things strike me immediately.  Like, why is the Wall Street Journal covering Extreme Pogo?  Also, there’s something called Extreme Pogo?

But the most stunning part of the story is this bit, about the current World Champion of Extreme Pogo, the best of the best of the best:

Today, the young Mr. Grzybowski says he earns about $20,000 a year from appearances at fairs and trade shows as well as for stumping for one company’s jumping stick.

What the frak? Where is the justice in that?  You’re telling me that, with eons of practice, with generous dashes of skill and courage, you can rise to the pinnacle of pogo stardom, and that enables you to roll with the Shift Supervisor from Foot Locker?  Maybe pimp out your mom’s basement?

To fully appreciate the injustice, take a look at what this guy can do:

I was excited to find out that PogoPalooza was going to be held in Pittsburgh this year. Even though I can’t jump more than 3 times on a pogo stick to save my life, I was still interested in seeing the professionals. I was astounded when all of a sudden, they jumped three times and then started in to backflips, frontflips, and everything else you can imagine! I also met Dan Brown, who announced the intro to my video. Please comment, rate, favorite, and subscribe.

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No intenten esto en casa porque ya ven lo que pasa…

Submitted by Dan M

The business reporters — the same ones who suggested the headline “Michael Jackson beats it” on the day he died — are at it again.

Yes, that is a pogo stick in the picture. The record right now for most hops is 13. The average seems to be nine.

No one has been hurt yet, although the best out-of-context overheard in the newsroom was said here: “Yes, hold my hips while I gyrate.”

Make of THAT what you will.

Awesome idea accompanied by oustanding execution

back flip on his pogostick!

Our friend Chadd Deitz was in town this weekend! He’s a stunt comedian and does all kinds of crazy tricks… flips on his pogo stick, juggles flaming torches while riding a 7 foot tall unicycle…and he can balance a shopping cart on his face. Anyway, he performs at the oceanfront every summer, so we got to reunite and hang out! Check out his website!!! www.wackychad.com

I went to Toronto’s version of Comic Con last month.  It was free to get in, so I figured I might as well check it out.
It was small as expected, all held in one huge room, so it was basically a lot of comic book and toy vendors set up, and with a small Artist’s Alley kind of thing, where artists sold and/or commissioned artwork.

I decided to recycle my Commander Keen costume and pogo-sticked around the place a bit… I’ve gotten waaaay better at pogo sticking, by the way. 90 jumps in a row is my newest record!

Retro video game characters, at MY comic convention? It makes no sense, but it's more likely than you think!