Day 1: It Begins.
There isnt anything terribly exciting on the first day of the ordeal. This should actually be renamed Day 0/1 because us Yanks have to fly over on a red-eye the day before. But whatever, details aside and for the sake of simplicity we will call this day 1. Day 1 is best described as a synchronized swim team leaping from the water at precise moments, except for us its about arriving to London from all over the world at particular times. My party consisted of Tyler aka Nogfish and the most talked about mod in 2008 EyeLovePoozy aka Moses. We departed from Washington DC and it was off to London on a direct flight out. Without further ado, on with the photos.
Tyler was also on our flight.
7hrs later, we are in Paddington station. No matter how many times I visit, I love the architecture of this station.
We arrived at the flat eventually, its kind of wierd seeing it empty and clean.
More of the flat...
It wasnt long before we started rearranging furniture and hooking up consoles...
Dave and
Hans eventually arrive to the flat
A foggy look at the Thames on a cold Wed. morning in London
Moses and Hans sharing a smoke and discussing interesting matters I'm sure.
Balcony view with the fog finally gone.
Keith aka KaynSlamdyke arrives to the flat while we set-up the Stickam
After Hours at Digress
Nothing that exciting happend after checking into the flat. Most of us were dead tired and used the few hours until the happy hour to catch up on some sleep. Eventually night fell and it was time to head out to a place called Digress near Soho, where a few Newgrounders were waiting including the NG Staff
Bob obviously flew over with every intent to represent his beloved Philadelphia Eagles
Me and an excited looking
Tim. lmao
Rob and me. There is a saying that goes, if you dont look at someone in the eye when you say 'Cheers' it's 7 years bad sex. I obviously dont care.
Krin, creator of the wildly popular game,
Sonny
My sister Andrea was also in town, this is her and fellow RWD member Tyler, aka Nogfish. He's holding my beer btw.
Left to right: Andrea, Dave and Moses at Digress
The always unpredictable
Dean aka EviLDoG shows up to the happy hour
...and it was only a matter of time before he did his 'run a condom from his nose around his mouth trick...
When you put me in front of a bar, i'm like a kid in a candy store.
Cheers! (those are B-52's for anyone wondering)
All gone.
Left to right: Keith,
Krinn, and Dave
Joe and his invisible girlfriend. Shes so freakin hawt.
Insert mexican joke here
For some reason Digress closed early so we had to go find another pub, we found some seedy basement pub and it was suprisingly empty so we took that over.
Same old faces, new pub. Left to Right: Joe Outterside,
Matthew,
Mike and Dave
More people hanging out. The decor of the pub was actually kind of cool. It felt kind of cheap brothel-like. Not that i've been to many cheap brothels... >__>
Joe actually climbed through that window and almost got us kicked out. I wanted to do the same.
But all i can do is stand there and wish...
No more drinks for Dean pls.
Joe Outterside and his pal Luis
Rob giving out orders
That about winds it up for day 1. Like I warned you, not a heck of alot of activity on this day but it was fun nonetheless. You actually get to know people on a greater personal level when the groups are small. I discussed baby names with Tom and all in all it was a good precursor for the larger group that would be joining us the next day...
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