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Kopaka's Ice Engineering

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Mardi Gras was great. Amanda & I caught 5 parades all told: Excalibur, Atlas, d'État, Isis, and Zeus. We could have caught 7 more (Hermes, Morpheus, Muses, Napoleon, Argus, Elks Jeffersonian, and Jefferson), but circumstances didn't allow for it. Specifically, we were too late for Hermes, Morpheus and Muses were taking too long, Napoleon broke down, and after Zeus, Amanda was just plain Mardi-Gras'd out. Pictures are in the process of being uploaded to my maj folder. (I'm just uploading them straight from the camera.)

 

We only caught 5 of the 63 Mardi Gras parades in the area. And yet, I have beads strewn out all over the place in my apartment.

This is good for you, however: extra beads means I have something to give to you.

 

Why would I give them to you? Skip to the end if you can't wait.

 

 

Anyway, seeing as how Tuesday was Fat Tuesday, we are now in the Lenten season. I always look forward to Lent. While I'm not Catholic, and don't actually celebrate Lent, I enjoy it when it comes because fish sandwiches become more readily available at fast food restaurants. Heck, even Taco Tico has fish tacos during Lent. (I could do without the jalapeño tartar sauce, though.) Yes, I live in the Gulf Coast region, so seafood is available year-round, but even I don't have time/money to go to a decent restaurant for lunch every day.

Anything, really to get into the habit of eating healthier. I weighed myself this morning, and the scale gave me good & bad news: 209½ lb., but only 24.7% body fat. Softball starts early this year, and spring training is right around the corner. Besides, there's a tuna salad recipe I've been meaning to try that uses ranch dressing instead of mayonnaise.

Mind you, I'm free to eat red meat: at the moment I just choose not to. Next weekend, I will probably choose to eat red meat, so there.

 

Oh, I mentioned the camera: Canon PowerShot A720 IS. 6× optical zoom. 8.0 mega pixels. It's spiffy. It will be making an appearance at BrickFair in August, along with the extra Mardi Gras beads.

 

I want to give these authentic Mardi Gras beads to you. All you have to do is send your best MOCs to me so that they can be displayed at BrickFair.

 

 

Yeah, I'm officially announcing my appointment as the BIONICLE coordinator for BrickFair 2008. Send me the good stuff and I'll send it back with beads.

Details to come later this spring.

 

-KIE

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Tomiku

If you need any extra beads, let me know, we're running out of room in the house. Houma parades throw more than the ol' Chocolate City ones. Sometimes they'll even throw huge unopened packages of beads, I got hit in the crotch once with a square-foot, 4-inch thick bag full of 'em. And don't forget the boomerang that smacked me in the face. Something else they threw that hit me in the face: a lace thong. Seriously, WTH?

 

Oh, BTW, have you ever caught a Zulu coconut before? My grandpa has one from way back, said he got a concussion from it. :P Mardi Gras is dangerous... But oh so worth it. :D

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Kopaka's Ice Engineering

Tomiku, Zulu was told to stop throwing coconuts back in the late 80's. They complied about 15 years ago.

 

For those uneducated, the Krewe of Zulu is the first parade in uptown New Orleans on Fat Tuesday, starting at S. Carrollton at the relatively ungodly hour of 8 AM. A Zulu coconut is a hand-decorated coconut that is now handed to select parade goers, and is often considered the "crown jewel" of a Mardi Gras throw collection.

You have to be REALLY lucky to get a coconut.

 

However, I did get some collectible throws [THAT WILL STAY IN METAIRIE] from d'État, so I don't consider the season a wash.

 

-KIE

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Arpy
Well, I certainly hope to get some of those...I think my Microscope will be nice...and perhaps my Nui-Rama, if I ever finish it.
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