Monday, February 04, 2008
flight suits, shopping carts, brooklyn
a friend of mine and his extremely impressive crew of humans recently won Best in Show in the Idiotarod, a totally rad and ridiculous race over in nYc.
(idiotarod...idiotarod... *maybe* the most fun word to pronounce that i've ever dared to pronounce. try it. and while we're talking about the name, can i tell you what this same crew dressed up as for last year's race? rod stewart. a whole team of rod stewarts. puns = awesome; the end.)
super-photog steph goralnick took a typically badass set of photos, and it does an excellent job as a photo essay for the winning team's progress.
if you just passed up on that link, i shall tell you what you missed: Team Danger Zone. five pilots from the top gun program, plus their flight crew. a shopping cart turned fighter jet that spews smoke and has a soundtrack. THREE costume changes, including flight suits, beachware (for the volleyball game, duh), and dress whites for the after party.
morals of this story:
-new york has better races than we do.
-if you have attention to detail with respect to your costume changes, you will be rewarded in kind.
-top gun, and especially the bar scene, continues to be a work of cultural inspiration.
-if you get a chance to trick these humans into letting you work with them on any projects or activities, you should do so. and i'm pretty sure they're okay with bribes.
# posted by orange @ 10:28 PM 
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the danger zone, indeed. the only fun race we have here is Bay to Breakers, which i've never done. perhaps this year we should get off our asses and form a posse? minimum 2 costume changes required.
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