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are changes within 60 days of 10/16/2001| Natomas Just west of Del Paso Heights and just north of downtown lies the area of Natomas. It is bordered on one side by the Sacramento River as it dumps into the tip of the delta. As a result the area runs from quite nice on the western, river, side to somewhat run down as you approach Del Paso. The Garden Higway runs through here and there are a number of unusual locales along here: floating homes and restaurants literally on the river such as Crawdads and the Virgin Sturgeon. The area has become a hotbed of development in the last few years, with many new office parks and housnig developments sprouting up. | ||
| nature nookie A Henryism for a good looking granola. See also earth cookie. | ||
| Navy Boys A bunch of Geoff's neighbors in Davis who lived together and were in the Navy in one form or another. They were good guys who were regulars at Geoff's parties. | ||
| The Nebulizer Not any ordinary nebulizer, The Nebulizer was utilized as a drinking device by Geoff's neighbors. They would load the reservoir with alcohol and take hits from the alcohol-laden mist. Apparently since this delivered the hooch directly to the bloodstream, it managed to cause drunkenness off a minor amount of alcohol, leaving only the aftertaste and the buzz as a reminder. | ||
| nerf To bump or roll over lightly, usually referring to tires going over the edge of a curb as one rounds the corner or attempts to parallel park. | ||
| News and Review leftist leaning weekly "alternative" newspaper. The SNR has the most comprehensive listing of entertainment in one convenient (free) place. There's a Chico News and Review, and maybe still a Reno News and Review, which all seem to share topic themes for the paper. The SNR tend to be bandwagoneers when it comes to being anti-corporate, especially when it comes to Sacramento's only "real" newspaper, the Bee. | ||
| nic fit A craving for nicotine. A nic fit is one of the first telltale signs that one has become a smoker, rather than someone who smokes cigarettes on occasion. | ||
| "nice pooper on that trooper" A Henryism for "nice butt". | ||
| Nick 1) If you ever needed the prototypical "guy", Nick would be it: pure beer-commercial material. Nick plays roller hockey, basketball and football. He coaches Little League baseball and kid's soccer. He camps. He hunts. He shoots guns. He plays guitar. And through all of these skills he displays a strong degree of skill and competence. Nick often will portray himself as a bad guy, especially when it comes to his coaching of the kiddies, but is in fact one of the singularly fairest people you could know. If you are playing on his team, he'll make sure that everybody gets a turn. Even when he's harshing somebody, it is usually on a point that is justified, though never cruelly. 2) A camp friend of Charlie Bill's. Nick is kinda quiet and a little goofy at times which may make him come off a bit creepy, but he's a good guy all in all. He holds the high honor of being the first ever person of staying in the guest room at the Snowbird Place after the housewarming party. Nick goes to school up in Humboldt and occasionally will make the trip down past "the redwood curtain". | ||
| Night Train Fortified white wine with a somewhat sickly-sweet flavor. Usually known as a bum's drink, bottles of Night Train are given to those who are recently "down and out" as the result of a car crash or other incident. | ||
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| NMP Not my problem: Camp term for when no matter how shitty someone's situation was, you were not going to lift a finger to help. Ct'sy Chris Shavor [Note relation to SEP field] | ||
| No Kill I A Star Trek tribute band which includes The Archbishop Dave Smith and The Ed. The band dresses, as one might expect, in proper Starfleet uniforms, Ed plays the role of Kirk, Smith the role of that green monster Kirk wrestled on the desert planet, the Gorn. The band is rounded out by not one but two yeoman Rank's (one in drag), and Spoke on drums. During what was probably the band's last show at the Old I, Dave Smith repeatedly smashed ceiling tiles while yelling insults about that night's Sammie awards and Old I owner Kim Kernels who was in attendance. | ||
| no-evil shirt Usually a Hawaiian shirt, a good drinking shirt worn to ward off evil party spirits. | ||
| No-Nosed Kid One of the House's next-door neighbor kids, who spoke as if he had no nose. Big Dave's impression of the neighbor kid, while well-worn, is funny as hell. | ||
| "nobody likes you" A phrase oft-used by Big Dave. | ||
| NoCal What Southern Californian hipsters call Northern California. Among area locals, they usually use the long name or "NorCal" when abbreviating the region's name. Since the introduction of NoCal, the term "LoCal" has been heard on occasion when referring to SoCal, somewhat tongue-in-cheek. | ||
| NoFriendo What Charlie Bill calls the Nintendo. Originally from his high-school friend Brian Hasik. | ||
| noogie Making a fist with extended middle knuckle to use the knuckle as a driving point as one rubs the knuckle with force into a person's head or arm. Most of the nation refers to such treatment as "dutch rubs". It is good form to get one's opponent in a headlock before attempting a noogie. | ||
| Nordstrom Grunge When, in the early 90s, the Seattle scene became huge, the thrift-store and flannel-based look of many of the scenesters became the fashion du jour. A very similar look had been cultivated in Northern California by the skater community for about a decade at this point. While the look was hip, going to thrift stores and digging through used clothing with those who didn't arrive in a shiny new car didn't appeal to many suburban kids who instead flocked to the mall for their duds. The end was in sight when Nordstrom began selling Doc Martens, the integral footware of the grunge set. Norstrom grungers could be picked out in a crowd by their perfectly shined shoes, immaculate flannels, and artfully ripped jeans. | ||
| Norm & Ginger Norm was one of the only rangers who was employed by the Boy Scout council that operated Camp and was the ranger who oversaw the camp inventory over the winter at his camp and responsible for getting it all up. A gruff former forest service ranger, Norm actually had a heart of gold. He was often accompanied by his aging golden retriever Ginger who had seen more then enough homesick kids and steered away from them under most circumstances. Norm always had his camera and took a great number of photos which he'd share with the staff when he'd come down or during off-season get-togethers. | ||
| North Highlands North Highlands sits in the northwest corner of Sacramento where the town ends and the farms once again begin as you travel north. Much like Citrus Heights, North Highlands is mired in suburban sprawl, but of a more run-down and low-income variety. With the downsizing of nearby McClellan AFB, the area has been fairly hard hit--even the local strip club shut down. | ||
| Nosh & Schmooze Brendan got a stint house-sitting one winter break for a nice Jewish couple who had gone off on vacation for a few weeks and left their Berkley house in his able hands. Being the good houseguest, he immediately invited a dozen of his personal friends over for a night of intense beer drinking at their home. The guests were massively entertained by the belongings of people who were not there and could not defend themselves. One such artifact was a flyer for their synagogue for the dedication of a new torah. The featured activity was "nosh & schmooze", Yiddish for "eating and hobnobbing". The term was, of course, instantly co-opted for the rest of the evening and was seen on the occasional flyer after that. | ||
| nurdles What Charlie Bill calls styrofoam peanuts. | ||
| "oh my God, he's PUKING!" When Geoff lived in Davis, his frequent parties were a regular destination for the Desmondites. Charlie Bill made the extremely rare offer to drive out to Davis, as he'd was taking alergy medication and had just sworn off mixing chemicals a week before after a cold-tablet infused blackout. He additionally offered to make sure Lil' Jen got taken care of, a fact that he was soon thereafter to rue. At party's end, Lil' Jen was suffering the effects of alcohol poisioning. Geoff suggested that if she weren't better by the time the caravan reached Sacramento, perhaps a hospital trip would be in order. Bill, frantic to make sure Roy wouldn't kill him after coming home to find Bill responsible for Jen's alcohol-related death, was in a hurry to get home to Sacramento. Cruising the dreaded Chunder Lanes, Bill felt an unseasonable drop of moisture strike his right arm just moments before Cheryl yelled "oh my God, he's PUKING!" Henry would end up puking one more time, just moments before reaching the dorm. | ||
| "Oh, Rob" Said pleadingly. From The Dick Van Dyke Show's Laura Petrie originally, who is also the key figure in the promotion of "Laura Petrie Hair". This phrase is often used to characterize the latter condition. | ||
| ohshit handles Handles provided in passenger positions in vehicles, usually about head level. Their intended purpose is unclear, but their usage, especially in off-road vehicles while off-roading is common. The name is applied as they are the surrogate mother form for which frightened homo sapiens can cling to in times of fear and stress. | ||
| Old Dave Dave is jokingly referred to as "The Original Pioneer" and as a part of the camp's inventory. Dave has worked on staff on and off since the 1960s and continuously from the eighties on. Dave is a good guy and is well known for his loud Vans and his famous rendition of "Little Cabin in the Woods". His house in El Sobrante has been the site of many senior staff meetings in the past. | ||
| Old I Old Ironsides, Sacramento music club. The bar's smaller size and reasonable cover create a venue for many smaller bands to work their way through the ranks. In recent years, the Old I has had an increasing fraternity/sorority presence, which is not altogether welcome by the regular hipper-than-thou crowd. Their website can be found here. | ||
| Old Town An area encompassing about ten square blocks on the extreme west side of town. This area was both a boat landing and train depot in the old days, and much of the original development happened in this area. The area became run down and quite seedy in the 40s-60s, but was revitalized into a tourist trap. Old town is bordered by the river on one side and I-5 on the other. Despite the high occupancy level, there remains several properties that are undeveloped in the area. The area hosts several popular meat markets and is overrun by 20somethings during the weekend nights. Businesses either go boom or bust in the area, and dead stores are quickly turned around with a new occupant. [400th entry] | ||
| Old Weller A nice scotch that Geoff was fond of having around back in his early college days when he had the cash to be a generous host live in a somewhat sophisticated manner. This, of course, was fouled by Desmond hall freaks coming over and doing depth charges and boilermakers with the good scotch. The most memorable occasion with the Old W was when Geoff snarfed a good ounce and a half and spent the rest of the evening with watering eyes trying to clear his seared nasal passages. | ||
| on the grid(09/09/2001) Roadtrip term: hooking the various assortment of Too Much Electrical Gear into the RV's power system to recharge during brief generator runs. | ||
| "One time, I could understand... ...three times I cannot understand." From Jud's famous parting note and one of the more famous lines from it aside from "Good Bless You Jud". Jud's woman had mercilessly dogged him by being unfaithful with Matt, Jud's roommate thrice over. | ||
| one-handed typing A term popularized by Hurricane who used it in reference to those who surf pornography or lewd chat rooms on the computer. His use of the term predated the popularity of the World Wide Web, which is simply glutted with porn. Try searching for "House of the Rising Sun", for example. | ||
| oral highway A Henryism for the act of receiving oral pleasure while driving down the road. This term is fairly unusual: a search of Altavista at the time of submission only turned up one hit, and you know what kind of place the Internet is. | ||
| The Original Cabin Trip A trip to Brendan's cabin in 1990 where Charlie Bill, Grampa Roy, Dark Lung and Shavor joined in a three-day brew-fest. A keg was brought and killed. Many, many "isms" began that weekend, the foremost being "doghouse" term which while tired, has continued as a mainstay of the Wolfeboro, Sacto and Chico lexicon. During this trip Charlie Bill's propensity for drinking was established, albeit aided by Shavor. Subsequent trips to the cabin were many, but never quite as euphoric and meaningful as "the Original." (Ct'sy Chris Shavor) | ||
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| Orland Every Chico roadtripper's favorite spot on I-5: it's the point at which one departs the monotonous hell that is I-5 and turns onto Highway 32 which rolls through a number of small farming communities. Due to one of those odd perception things, it always seems that the twenty minutes or so spent on this stretch of road are always the longest. | ||
| The Oxwood Place 4375 Oxwood Drive, the House's first true house. The house's owner Burt was the best of the House's landlords to date. | ||
| PAC Tag Playing tag in Chico's Performing Arts Center after hours and in an altered state. Most games ended up with everyone passing out on the lounges in women's bathrooms which was seen as a good hiding place when playing with an all-male group. | ||
| pachango Form of address similar to "buddy". Charlie Bill started using pachango after being adversely effected by the odd speech stylings of a co-worker. Ex: Easy there, pachango. | ||
| Packer's Cabin A small, remote cabin in the hills of southern Oregon. Hilary, Hank, Roy and Bill traveled there in September of 1999 for a few days. The fact that the coast is quite near is lost on this cabin, and the sun starved locals trek up to the cabin to get away from the dreary coast as the journal attests to quite often. Packer's is very remote and isolated, situated in a forest wilderness which was remarkably empty, even for that time of year. | ||
| paddle boat incident Whereupon Shavor and Miles tried to get the House evicted during one of their first parties by stealing the apartment complex's paddle boats and riding through the canal system that ran through the complex at 4 am. | ||
| "paid to lose" A particularly unfortunate term which really meant "paid to let the other side win". There was a few weekly events up at camp in which the staff would be pitted against the campers. Efforts were made to make as many of them camper-on-camper events, but success in this area wasn't always complete. The staff having played these games in prior weeks being a particularly cohesive group and being considerably larger and older than the average camper, tended to have the advantage in such things. The campers could overwhelm in numbers, but in some instances they didn't even have that advantage. At times the youthful male urge to compete to one's fullest ability had to be tempered a bit and the players reminded that they were "paid to lose", letting the campers have the better time since that was what they were there for. | ||
| Painkiller Papa Beck's own concoction that has developed quite the reputation given its fairly rare appearance on the scene at large. These apparently run on the fairly lethal side, but what would you expect from Cheryl's dad? | ||
| The Palms Playhouse In south Davis a small barnlike structure remains on what was at one point a large farm, now a subdivision. The barn has been converted into a small theater, complete with resident old dog who no longer cares who is there or what is going on and pretty much makes his self to home. The theater's coziness is reminiscent of childhood performances staged in the family garage. The barn has a tendency to resonate a bit, but is a pretty good, if somewhat offbeat location to see small acts play to a devoted audience. | ||
| Pappa Chima Supposed owner of Chima's market of "There's plenty of carbonation" fame. This may have not been Pappa Chima, indeed there may be no such person. People who looked like they were in the Chima clan became "Mother Chima" or "Sister Chima" though no evidence that they were members of the Chima family, or even related in any way to the owner. | ||
| parking piggie Parking at the Snowbird place is hella tight and both Charlie Bill and Hank sport fairly large vehicles, so parking is something of a high art. One who takes more than his share of the driveway has bestowed upon them the title "parking piggie". | ||
| party foul See rookie move and alcohol abuse. | ||
| Party Party A Mo-ism for the Party Time Cafe, picked up after watching Barbarella: one of the characters refers to Barbarella as "pretty pretty". | ||
| Party Time The Party Time cafe, a local greasy-spoon with a light retro feel. This place is the home to many hangover breakfasts. Mo has taken to calling this place "Party Party" in the style of a character from Barbarella's "pretty pretty". | ||
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| Patti Tom's on-again, off-again girlfriend, now looking to be ex. Tom and Patti alternately went out and didn't go out since High School and she was a semi-regular guest at House functions. | ||
| Paula Came to be a crony of the House via Cheryl's work at C&E in Arden Faire. One of the quietest members in the otherwise extremely boisterous group. A closet cigar-smoker. | ||
| PC The public camp just outside Wolfeboro. Public camp is both a curse and a blessing to camp: the downside is that it is a magnet for some undesirables to come down, drive around in ATVS, shoot guns and walk through camp. The upside is that it provides a place for activities that might be better performed off official property, such as visiting with outside friends and family members. | ||
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| peep off Several years ago the Archbishop Dave Smith came across a web page describing an annual Peep off. The contest rules were simple: eat as many Marshmallow Peeps in half an hour as you could manage using nothing to wash it down. Dave contacted the ruling body and got a special Pabst waiver for the Sacramento crew and the first Sacramento Peep off was on. The event has become something of a post-Easter tradition and has outlasted the original organizers. The current record stands at 81 peeps, set by Dennis Gross at the third outing. |
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