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Submitted by Sarah on Fri, 10/26/2007 - 7:20pm.

This ever growing list is currently making the rounds of myspace world (thanks Olymp-ian for tip). I figure we can surely join in. Oh and don't blame me for anything here, including language choices. What can you add to this list?

*It is and forever will be the AM/PM, not the Shell
*If your party gets busted, the cops just make everyone go home
*You climb water towers for fun :)
*when u live at jack in the box and stiill have trouble ordering when ur fucked up...
*Regardless of being drunk, ride rides at Lakefair, hurl after getting off, then get drunk again later.
*You know every person that works the door and you get into shows for free.
*At least four of your friends have "Olympia" tattoos and you know that they're all going to remain true until they die.
*Claim you are from a bigger city, and just can't stand the Big City attitude, when everybody knows you moved here from Shelton, and despite being 24, have only been to Seattle twice; with your Mother.
*You know what someone means when they say: BroHo, Mark, Reef, House of Doom, Voyeur, PBR, Oly stubby, RTR
*You think it's funny when one hipster makes fun of another hipster by calling him/her "hipster"
*You hung out at Mario's. Or worse, if you're over 30 and slept with someone who hung out at Mario's
*You had a personal ad in the Sweet 16
*You actually got lucky because of a personal ad in the Sweet 16
*The person who responded to your ad actually was 16
*Had a "scenester" friend relate a bizarre tale of crashing a "hippie" party and then two days later having a "hippie" friend relate a bizarre tale of "scenesters" crashing their party
*you shop at Dumper Values
*you have a hat with kitty ears
*you buy things used more than new
*you own a vintage bike, and ride it
*the name "Wagners" makes you drool
*you are on nodding terms with Calvin
*when you are away, OLY is all you talk about!
*You've chowed down Texas Chili Tots at 4 am after dumping (another!) alcoholic.
* You buy all your make-up at Archibald Sisters
* You or your friends live(d) at the Lucky 7 house.
* You move into a new house once a year and can name the last five people who rented the room
* You have a story about something that has happened in every room of the Martin
* You've watched at least one place you loved burn to the ground
* You've had to avoid the balloon guy on the dance floor
* You've bought Glen a beer
* You know what KAOS, B&B, TCTV, FRO, OPIUM, IPU, KRS and OFS stand for, but not K
* You like one Courtney Love but not the other
* You know what the KAOS DJs look like
* You have a degree and still make minimum wage (or work under the table)
* You've made it through All Freakin Night
* You find balding men with glasses attractive
* You've seen someone doing something suspicious in the library bathroom
* You've gone on a good date and no one spent any money
* You're not dating anyone, you're just hanging out with them
* You've made a mix cd for the bar jukebox
* You wear a hoodie and jeans to work
* You've won a free haircut at Jamie Lee and Company, a free slice at Old School, free coffee from B&B or a free dildo from Lover's Package at a raffle
* You regularly go out dancing Sunday night with your friends even though you have to work in the morning
* You're not embarassed to go out with your pantyline showing
* At least once a day you say out loud, "Oh fuck it, I live in Olympia" and mean "no one is gonna notice
*your parents either live in Tumwater, or "back East"
* There is not a force in the world that can keep you from that yearly Demoburger
*You went to a naked wedding on the Evergreen Beach
* You've tried the Republican Roast Beef, just to see what it's like
* The capitol campus is this place with the large buildings you went to as a teenager, but now it's just a buffer between you and Tumwater
*You secretly love the smell of the low tide
*You shop at the Gross Out
* If your bar doesn't have free wifi, you know it's a dump
* You park downtown, don't move your car for three days, and get one ticket out of it
* You're too drunk to be driving, but you are. And you get pulled over. And Officer Beckwell just tells you to "go home now".
* You've had some sort of sexual encounter in the capitol theatre
* You've seen the White Stripes, Nirvana, Modest Mouse, Deathcab for Cutie, Melvins, Fugazi, the Magnetic Fields, or the Mountain Goats, and have never paid more than $8 to do it.
*You've got black and white photo booth pictures from skateland
* You've had a muscle car that didn't move for more than a month, despite being wicked boss
* You've gone to shows of bands you don't like cuz it was more fun than playing Playstation at home alone
* Even if you have a decent job, it's well and PBR at the bar
* You recognize Darby's as the cure to all things hungover
* You still have a drawer full of "Reef Chips", and recognize their importance to the local economy
* When you walk by the Bar Code, you say to your visiting friends from out of town, "that's where we stab and shoot people."
* You know where the good sushi is, and you're not telling
*You've had a westside vs. eastside drunk talk
* Two words: Westside Lanes
*You get deals at the farmers market cause you know half the vendors
* The mall is an awkward shopping experience, even though half the people you know work there, including the hot chick at the espresso cart outside of Macy's
* You only see maybe three films at the film fest, but still speak knowingly about the others that played to seem cultured
* China Town seems like a good idea at the time, but you're wrong.
* You use Radio 8 Ball instead of therapy (hahahahahahahaha!!!!!)
* You share a light therapy device with your coworkers
* You start a band with your roommate, get halfway through your set at the manium, then explode at each other and move to the west side to "get away from it all."
* Going 10 minutes across town feels like a long trip.
* You and your friends all know the location where the pirate radio station broadcasts from, but you're not telling.
*You've eaten till you almost puke at the blueberry patch
* You know you'll run into at least half a dozen people you don't want to see but you decide to go to ArtsWalk anyway.
* You didn't tell anyone that was you in the 'sexy unicorn' costume at Dance O'Dance last month but everyone is talking about it anyway.
*Most of your clothes are from the freebox
*No one is suprised you took the phone sex job to pay your bills
*You've worked as a dishwasher at more than half the restaurants in town
* You drive by the Subway next to Maconi's and laugh and laugh.
* You know the guy in the Sandwich costume outside said Subway and pretend not to know who it actually is.
* When you were 17 you were making out with 26 year olds. But now that you're 26, you look down upon such activities. Because you're a sexual hypocrite.
* You know that the very best-tasting water in the city comes out of a dirty-looking pipe in a parking lot.
* You know where at least two more similar water sources are in downtown.
* Your bus driver lets you off at the same spot every day, even though it's not an actual stop.
* You got laid at Yo-Yo-a-Go-Go by a sexy, sexy foreigner.
*You know all about the music Ron is playing in his church group
* You've seen someone get punched out at the Reef, then continue drinking.
* You've sat at one bar stool so many times they had to put a metal plate on the bar front where your combat boots had worn a hole.
* You understand the math behind this ratio: The drive to Evergreen gets
shorter as the person you're going to visit gets hotter.
* That Denny's on the Westside? It's still OK to hang out there at 4AM if the Rib-Eye is full.
* You understand that happy hour is a lifestyle choice, and it's an OK lifestyle choice.
* You fucked somebody cuz you thought their karaoke rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody was righteous.
* Sometimes you go to the Vault, but you don't tell anyone.
* Your ex-girlfriends all move to Portland and start bands together.
* You've written something on Satanosphere.com and then emailed one of the admins to delete it after you've sobered up.
* You've seen Jeff Bartone get arrested while working
*You've been to "big tom the lithuanians' house
* You don't have a job, but somehow make happy hour every day and buy your own drinks.
* And one for that new girl who just moved here from Columbus who seems really cool.
* But then you find out she only likes other girls, and she ends up making out with your ex at the Fitz show.
*There was a hole in the bill at a house show and you formed a band on the spot
* You've had a sip of Vern's Lizard liquor.
* You want to warn the proprietor of the new candle/handbag/beads/sandals store across from Vita that it probably won't end well.
* you have a couple of drinks at the mark when you want to have a quiet, mellow night
*You've slept with one or more bartenders at the Voyeur
* You got something "sexy" for someone else at Archibald Sisters.
*You know which person on shift chose the music at the coop
* You know that Lakefair is really just a badass party the people of Olympia throw for the residents of Bucoda, Tenino, and Shelton.
*You noticed that Chuck got a haircut.
*You've been spun around on the dance floor by the "other" Calvin
*You partied the Mill and Rugby houses.
*You know everyone who writes all the different graffiti tags in town
* you know where the hall in the woods is
* You're finally on Marcy's good side.
* at some point in time you have had keys to the capitol theater
* you are willing to drive to Aberdeen on a regular basis to get a good burrito
* you see people wearing the clothes you sold to dumpster values
* you go to barnes and noble for something to do and because they are open late
*You get tasered by the cops outside the Brotherhood but can still make bail in time for last call at McCoy's
*You never voluntarily eat Thai food any more
*you know every one who has dated every one and every one else's ex.
*your in Portland.
*you smell like le Vouyer.

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You...

* know where the Track House and the ABC House are * know the reason there are so many black houses in Olympia * generally eschew Starbuck's for the Olympia Coffee Roasting Company, Caffe Vita, or Batdorf * fondly remember "the big room" and the old Community Print * eat at QB more than once a week * get your haircuts at Bryce's Barber Shop * always layer up when going to see a movie at the Capitol Theater * eventually see most of your West Side friends move to the East Side because it's better
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You really miss the Oly

You really miss the Oly World News.

 

The Canaanite's Call

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interesting

*you know somebody that went to the waldorf school. *you've attended at least one peace rally. *there is always a meeting that you can attend to 'save the world'. ...interesting idea to make this list. i'm sure for everybody there is something that makes this town unique.
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how about..

most of your choices on the ballot are conservatives in liberal clothing?
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Being a Myspace list there

Being a Myspace list there are different variations floating around (Tom sees the list in his bulletin, adds something then passes it on. His friend Dick does the same, which continues on with Dick's friends and beyond. Meanwhile, Tom's other friend Harry made a contribution, also starting from where Tom left off. It passes through Harry's friends and beyond. There's now two separate Olympia lists with the same begining but different ends. Except there's actually more than two, but anyways.

It's probably a good thing my original contribution didn't make this cut (it would've been somewhere's around "the other Calvin") but King Dinosaur/Colt Winchester of Rodeo Kill loved it.

A (mostly) Olyblog-friendly add-on:

The nearest coffee and donuts are right across the street, but because of a boycott you'll waste a break driving a mile away to a place where it's more expensive.

Damn the United States! I wish I may never hear of the United States again!
Philip Nolan, the man without a country

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You...

* still miss Yardbirds

* Smile when you see someone wearing a Yardbirds tee shirt

* shop at Ralph's and feel conflicted

* shop at Bayview and feel conflicted 

* be shopping in Bayview (still conflicted) and run into someone you know was loudly protesting outside Ralph's just last week
When I feed the poor, they call me a saint.
When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.
Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Recife, Brazil
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When you're

not hip enough to add to this list.
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For those of a certain age...

*It's Sea Mart, not Yard Birds.

*worked at Carnegies.

*Lived, or loitered at the Swamp House, the Crisis Clinic, or the Alamo.

*Remember when the door to the roof of the Governor House Hotel was unlocked.

*Bob's Big Burgers. Sushi is a Seattle thing.

*Paid what you could (nothing) for shows at the Tropicana, GESSCO.

*Learned to "skate tough" on the Capital Campus (or actually in the Capital Building...)

*Slept all night in the Evergreen Library.

*had mixed feelings about Oly banning cruising downtown.

*Grocery Outlet is still Petersons Food Town.

*Bought .25 cent LPs from Positively 4th St.

*Smoked in the Smithfield Cafe.

*Think old Bowling trophies make great hood ornaments.

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If you're old enough

You can remember when the OHS cheerleaders sat on beer kegs from the brewery during the football games.

You can remember two movies for a dollar downtown.

You can remember it changing to no more double-features, but you never paid for the second movie and they stopped clearing the theater out between shows after the first week anyways.

99 cent fried rice at the China Crippler.

That frozen yogurt place where all the Preppies hung out before they grew up to be anti-olympia downtown-is-smelly-and-dangerous Wasps.

Thekla, the real Thekla, was entered through the Back Door.

The bus stop was the stretch of Columbia between State and 4th, and in 1984 "everyone" thought downtown was dangerous because groups of kids with colored spiked mohawks hung out there.

Damn the United States! I wish I may never hear of the United States again!
Philip Nolan, the man without a country

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I miss that theater

it's closing provoked my one an only use of graffiti. On the gray-painted plywood covering the entrance I stenciled:

Act 3
Oly 0
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Thekla

Formerly "The Pacific Surf Club."

 No ripped jeans allowed. Izod shirts required.

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WOW!

What a great thread!  Especially for those of us who didn't grow up here!  I'm a huge history buff and loved reading all your shares!

Thanks!

"Do not mistake for conspiracy and intrigue what can best be explained by stupidity and incompetence." - Unknown

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Oly's music Scene

Started before the 1980s...

http://www.myspace.com/thefleetwoods

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you know you are from oly

when you lost count of how many times Gretchen told you she was in the fleetwoods... (that said, I like the fleetwoods)
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You..........

see bald eagles on the perch poles near the railroad tracks

can easily tell when students are back in town

overhear someone saying "I gotta get out of here" at least once a week

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you know you are in Oly when...

...early morning reveals folks wandering around looking for 'shrooms in the lawns around the library & capital campus >grin<
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the weather report for the week

calls for: Monday: rain Tuesday: showers Wednesday: cloudy with some sprinkling Thursday: rain and showers and sprinkling Friday: tinkling of a sprinkling
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I know I'm in Olympia when...

I have a sudden surge of deja vu all over again thinking that anarchy died with the coming of disco and cocaine in the 1970s

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Some would say it was born

Some would say it was born again in Seattle in 1999.

"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." -Arundhati Roy

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Am I correct in

Am I correct in understanding you as describing anarchism as a "born again" movement?! 

 

The Canaanite's Call

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Eh

I suppose it all depends which end of the 37mm launcher you are on.
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that's right

You don't get have the monopoly on that phrase. We're sharing custody.

"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." -Arundhati Roy

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