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Author	Topic: Ric Olié Says: The Blue Yoda Society Is Three Years Old!
Leonard_Shelby Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 5/13/05 7:25am Subject: Ric Olié Says: The Blue Yoda Society Is Three Years Old! - Date Edited: 7/18/06 1:00am (6 edits total) Edited By: DVeditor
	*THE BLUE YODA SOCIETY’S THREE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY* ~~~A DRUNKEN MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR'S HAMMOCK~~~ Three years?!?! [Willie T. Soke] You gotta be ***tin‘ me. [/Willie T. Soke] If you told your average JCer three years ago that the Blue Yoda Society would still be alive and kickin’ by the time Episode III was released, I’m sure you would’ve been flamed right out of the building. Seriously. In the early days, shortly before--and after--Attack Of The Clones* was released, it was widely speculated--and expected--that our group would be given a short and painful death mere days after our beloved charmy posted his infamous and idiotic posts. Well, guess what? 1,095 days have passed since that day…and we’re still here. Shows how much some of the doubters knew of the future. Speaking of the future: Here we are, less than a week from the release of Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and our hour is drawing near. We’ve known for quite some time that Yoda does, in fact, turn BLUE in this installment. Because, as one of our Prophet’s socks said, Yoda becomes sad in this installment…and it was confirmed that Yoda comes close to tears in the new movie. So, if Yoda doesn’t physically become BLUE in the movie, which is still up for SERIOUS debate based on some of the footage, we can still be comfortable in the fact that we were right. That’s right…we were correct this entire time. ANYWAYS, here we are. Three years later. Thousands upon thousands of posts; Several new and interesting members; Hundreds of nonsensical and idiotic theories; Many, many stories and haiku; Millions of kegs and cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer ingested; And many people I will consider life-long friends until the day that I die. It doesn’t get much better than this. ALL HAIL BLUE YODA!!! Moronically spewed by... Leonard_Shelby BYS Supreme Chancellor and Thread Mutant For Life Enough of my sappy yackin’. Let‘s get this mother***er started, shall we? --------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ENTIRE STUPID PROPHECY The following posts were spewed out by three users…all of which were the same person. These stupid-ass words are our very foundation, and what we‘ve been about all of this time. This is our prophecy. CHEWYCHARMY I - 5/13 10:27pm ive seen the movie, and the green life saber is really yodas from the begining, it all makes sense green and green. In the third installment yodas life saber is now blue? That raises the question could yoda turn blue? THen if we think ahead to the empire strikes back, he is green again with a stick. what do you guys think please reply II - 5/13 11:38pm You guys are morons, Its a light saber, i was being sarcastic, if you saw the hidden meaning in my reply you might have picked up on what i said. Think about it LIGHT! ring a bell, its the opposite of dark. ThE DARK SIDE. yoda will turn blue i assure you, my question is, how did he turn green again?? Charmy III - 5/14 9:43am you guys have to think rationally here. JUst think about it for a second. The mystety is, how did yoda end up green again with a stick in the swamp. We all know he fights in the end of 2, where does the blue come in?? End of 2 or in the begining of 3. Mutants have been know to change color, maybe he changed to disguise himself, from an unknown force, no pun intended. Chewycharmy IV - 5/14 11:34am Its amazing that you guys do not take me seriously, im really getting pissed. Chedder you have made some great comments, and i thank you for sticking by my opinion. The stick is just a stick yoda landed on when he fell into the swamp. It broke the little guys' fall. That stick saved yodas life, thats why he keeps it by his side. It is his life saver- no pun intended. Who ever fought yoda was inraged since the saber blended in with yoda. The enemy in turn turned yoda into a different color for a fair fight.!! This is a serious post, please dont knock my input. Charmy V - 5/14 11:58am more info..... Yodas secret will be unlocked i know this. Yoda was revealed in the swamp, in the Empire strikes back. I heard he was sent there after the fight. After he found his stick, he began living there with little food, and little to drink. People wonder how he survived in the swamp. Its simple. Yoda has a little body, he doesnt need to eat alot of food to stay alive, an occasional berry and a leaf might be all the little guy needs. Furthermore the force helps him stay alive as well. As we all know yoda cant love, he has no heart. Hes a mutant, HE tended to skywalker because he was the only one that fell into the swamp. He was lonley and needed somehting to do. Yoda meeting skywalker was all a conisadence. Trust me it was. It makes perfect sense. I am done explaing for a while. My duty toward the explanation of yoda is done. Guys say all you want, the truth is out there, it will be revealed in a couple days. charmy CAPTAINCOWMAN VI - 5/14 12:28pm Charmy i respect your answers to the truth, please dont leave us, we want to know the story behind the story. If yoda has no heart explain to me how he loves the force??* VII - 5/14 3:13pm I have a feeling chewycharmy is no longer with us. He will never go this long with voicing his knowledge of the movie. Guys- I am not chewycharmy dont worry LIVE LONG BLUE YODA LIVE LONG VIII - 5/14 9:01pm I am chewycharmy, my name has been offically banned from this sight, Why? I have no idea. My beliefs on the yoda experience were true, i heard rumors, and i did some research. I would love to explain the ending of yodas journey into the swamp, however this post will probably be banned in 3 seconds. To the people that seek the truth, yoda will follow the path i have lead him on, you will not be in shock when you see the truth behind the little green guy. THis is my spoiler. Chewy IX - 5/14 9:10pm yes and im going to greece tomorrow, charmychewy will live on. CHARMYCHEWY X - 5/15 12:53pm I will speak when there is silence. The mystery of the blue yoda will be unlocked. His stick is more than a mystery itself, that stick was went to break his fall...... So ive heard. The stick is more than just a stick, it is a rendetion of a saber, Yodas saber, Since yoda is light the stick never broke when he fell. Luke and everyone else actually see a stick, however yoda sees a saber, he thinks he has never fought yet, since the empire fried his brain. His mantality from the force was to strong to break to barrier. All he knows is the force, everything else is a blur. This proving luke was a conisadence, not destiny. XI - 5/16 9:44am Silence my followers, silence. All hail blue Yoda. He is the great being. Commence the blue yoda, COMMENCE! In his blueness state of roughy 2 minutes, he has found the truth behind the truth. He knows now he can be defeated. YODA KNOWS MY FRIENDS HE KNOWS!! SILENCE! Yoda knew his saber form could never last, he could never blend in with his greeness and fight forever. SOmeone was going to change him to the blueness. Yoda was defeated, but never lost.!! He found a new home, the swamp, and he THINKS he still has his saber, but its only a stick! THe story of the blue yoda has been told. ALl of my information has been unfolded through out this thread. I beleive in the force. I come in peace, praise me if you want, for I am CHewycharmy- the mystery is finally unlocked. Yoda was never really blue, he was sad that he was defeated. WHEN YOU FEEL BLUE MY PEOPLE YOU ARE SAD. The little guy was sad that he lost. COMMENCE! XII - 5/21 6:01pm I have returned, COMMENCE MY PEOPLE, COMMENCE! HAIL BLUE YODA! HAIL HIM NOW! HE is forever blue, not the color but the blue, as one may imagine, but the self state of being BLUE. Yes my people, he has returned to green. THE GREEN STATE, with the imagined SABER (STICK) MY prior briefings have caught many eyes of believing indivudals. I HAIL YOU. HECTOR, BLUE YODA, ETC have stuck by my wisdom. MY followers know who they are. To my recent viewers of the society, just remember, my briefings are wise. THE society, isnt a society itself, but it is a society, in a society, COMMENCE! BRIEFING number 6 will follow in a day. My MIND HAS GONE ASTRAY. CHEW CHEW CACHOO XIII - 5/22 12:48pm with the rendition of the truth AHBY-, Dismissal! AHBY- i speak, i speak the truth, i speak words, words of wisdom that i do. Yoda is the masterfull jedi, for he speaks, he speaks with a lisp, but he still speaks. THe fall, affected his speakage. I need not go back to the past, i am speaking in the present. IF my new students want to read the story, go back through my earlier briefings. COMMENCE! my children, my followers , this cult is strong. Yoda is with us, may that it be only a movie, yoda has come into the real world, the transformation has begun. BLUE is everywhere. THe galaxy has fallen. Yoda has risen from the swamp, he image is with me now. I for see yoda and his speakage. SPEAK GREAT YODA, SPEAK! For I am yoda master. I swamp in the live. I am a man little, with power of the mighty. Yoda has spoken, he has spoken, my people. The story of the great blue yoda will live on, i will soon inform. The transformation has begun!! What transformation do you dismantle charmy? Translate my prior briefings and you will soon see the image of the transformation! Go back, read my people READ. COMMENCE! (The ”Entire Prophecy” comprised by Salt, and the ”Pictoral Prophecy” comprised by HumanJedi_024) THE STUPID HISTORY OF THE BYS Year One (as written by Leonard_Shelby) The newly-formed Blue Yoda Society began to manifest itself within the thread. Once the realization that Charmy was gone forever, the mainstays on the thread set into motion a grand and wonderfully stupid idea: Create a Society based on ChewyCharmy's idiotic teachings. And formed one, they did. With Darth_Envy at the helm and named "Supreme Chancellor and Thread Mutant for Life", he named several members to the High Council...now known as "The Original Council". With this new regime intact, the BYS set-out to rule the AOTC Spoilers Forum. Drinking tons of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and munching on Lando's BBQ, the BYS was built-upon insanity and drunkeness. Gaining more new members...and more new enemies along the way, the gang persevered. Icons, pics, and randomness was spewing from all corners of the BYS. A certain member--Darth_Arakis--would create the first-ever BYS website. A site that would contain links, roster, pics, and the first BYS Forum, Lando’s 3.0. The strength of the BYS was beginning to grow stronger and stronger until one day it was deemed that the thread was no longer an "Attack of the Clones topic". So the rag-tag group of rebels was moved to "Star Wars Miscellaneous"...where it was hoped that they'd die a slow, painful, and quiet death...but that was NOT to be the case. "Great times." That would be one phrase to describe our stay in the Star Wars Miscellaneous Forum. The lunacy was kicked-up to high-gear, many new and interesting members joined the fray, and we were building our reputation. Now, that's not to say that it was a good rep...not at all. We were still very much reviled around the entire JC. It was hard to figure-out and put a finger on exactly why...but the BYS didn't falter or get it's self down because of it. And though we were bombarded by many attacks from Darth_Downunder, and the defection and constant "booting" of YodaOfTheSith, we pressed-on as we always have. The Blue Yoda Society's stay in SW Misc. would last for three glorious threads (2.0 - 2.2) until finally it was sprung upon us by DarthAttorney that we were makin' the move to the YJCC. The TRUE test was about to begin. Excitement and Nervousness. Those words spring to mind when the BYS packed it's BBQ and coolers of Pabst to make the huge leap to the YJCC. How would it work? How would we be received? How many trolls and flames would we have to fight-off on a daily basis? How many new and exciting members would we get? Those were just a few of the many questions that crossed our minds as we made the leap....the odds were against us, and it was hoped--once again--that'd we die a quick and quiet death....but the strength would only grow. Interestingly enough, we've had it pretty damn smooth over here in the YJCC. The BYS has gotten many new members, and has seen vast changes in the High Council and beyond. Darth_Envy stepped-down from his SC chair and named SySnooty as his replacement. When personal life got in the way of Sy's abilities to be the leader, he handed the title over to Leonard_Shelby....who at the time was the current Supreme Vice-Chancellor...as it was handed to him by Master Salty. A new and more cohesive High Council would take-shape. A well-oiled machine of folks who have been with the BYS for a long time and were--and still are--around to ensure that the BYS runs smoothly, endures, and thrives well into the future and beyond. Many things have happened with the BYS during their three thread (2.3 - MMM!) stay in the YJCC. HCer dArTh_wenley would be the creator of the new BYS Forum (Lando's 3.1) along with several other BYS websites and pics. We've participated in the defunct Election Game...which was a great game until the god-awful and controversial ending. The best part of that is that the BYS didn't succumb to temptation and vote with socks...which maintained our pride, honor, and integrity...and only made us stronger. We've had members get married (SPACE), Blue Yoda appearing in banners, 4 Blue Yoda Icons and members selected for various JCC activities....Big Brother, etc. So the BYS has come a LONG ways in the respect department. And I'd say we've earned it. Year Two (as written by Darth_Falcon) It was clear when TIE1138 posted the first anniversary thread "yoda a different color: one year and 75,347 posts of CRacked-out Lunacy Later!" that the BYS would indeed be here for the long run. A community of members had been built on one out there post, a group that would quickly become friends. Many things would be started or continued through out the year that had a strict sense of BYSness. These would include the famed BattleDome matches where Leonard_Shelby and Yuuzhan_Vong_Warrior would pit two out there characters against each other in a fight to the death, the winner decided by a group vote. Other things like Basketball and Baseball Fantasy games would provide a little bit of friendly competition and bind the group together. One of our most distinguished members, Salty would open his own forum board, The Colosseum, where BYS members would go and post about issues in a more serious fashion. Here we were able to grow closer as friends and realize through constant discussion that we are all different but somehow, like society should be, we don't go tearing each others throats. From here we were also able to poach new members and turn them to the blue side. Salty also graciously registered our own domain, BlueYodaSociety.com. Here Darth_Falcon and others have been able to set up a permanent website of BYS information and a gallery of movies, pics and other creations so the BYS ideal remains alive for many years to come. Also a new forum, Lando's 3.14 (PIE), has been set up as a home for the High Council, official announcements, training records and BYS creations to be posted. This ensures our BYS thread at theforce.net stays true to its nature, a thread anyone can read and laugh at! Throughout the year there has also been a lot of movement on the HC. SpaceMonkey20 stepped down as Supreme Vice Chancellor and Padawan915 has continued to honor Space (the heart of the BYS) following his foot steps. The final shift in the HC resulted in what's know as the "3rd Generation HC". A strictly democratic council with rotating positions on a fixed term basis that allows for all members to gain a feel on BYS politics. Fortunately we also had one of our full time masters, NaboosPrincess, elevated to the status of Moderator at theforce.net boards. After sorely missing some support in the Moderators we finally have someone on our side. Advantageous to say the least when the BYS still has enemies who can't accept our elitist status. In conclusion, our place is cemented, our group strong. The Blue Yoda Society is here to stay. We are still meeting each other face to face, we are still having fun. Long Live Blue Yoda!!! Year Three (as written by Darth_Falcon) Wow, who would have thought that we have made it this far? I certainly am surprised but that's what happens when you join the BYS, we are full of surprises. This year we started with the thread posted by HumanJedi_024 entitled "The Stick, The Leaf, The Berry, The Lifesaber Two Years of Blue Yoda". An excellent name staring the original five staples before the society was formed. That's exactly what we attempted to achieve this year, to go back to the basics, rejuvenate if you will, the things that made the BYS great in the first place. An alliance brokered by our own Supreme Chancellor, Leonard_Shelby, with two separate groups, The Fecal Force and The 3SA Sarcasm Knights, has brought an influx of new members for us to mould into true Bluedi's. It is beneficial for the BYS to have friends once again on the boards, instead of persistent enemies that have no sense of humor. Speaking of old friends and enemies, YodaOfTheSith has managed to come back in several different forms throughout the year posting nonsensical posts bringing some life into a sometimes lifeless thread. On the other end of the scale, we have had to defend ourselves from baseless accusations coming from Moderators and TFN regulars occasionally. We believe they are going through some sort of PMT stage. As Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith draws closer not only are we looking forward to Yoda turning blue, but we have been graced with the presence of some long lost members. I'm sure if Chewycharmy was with us, it would bring warm feelings to his heart. Also during this time, Noobs of all backgrounds have ventured into our thread wondering what we are on about. In the process we secretly removed their brains replacing them with Pabst and berries! We have continued life in the BYS with the regular BattleDomes, fantasy sports, padawan training and mucking around. We are still the number one humor stop on the internet but as ever member would tell you, we have drawn closer and become best friends. Ain’t no swamp deep enough to break the connections we have. Even if TFN comes crashing down, we will still stay in contact. We will dominate the world! The third year draws to a close with a bang. C3 has brought the biggest gathering of BYSers with close to 20 members partying it up in Indiana. A smashing way for the year to end. This is but a prelude to the biggest event in BYS history: Yoda turning Blue! THE BYS AT CELEBRATION III (as written by, and told through the eyes of, Leonard_Shelby) [color=blue]Nervousness. Extreme nervousness. That’s the emotion that I, and I’m sure the others, was feeling on my way to C3--and meeting my friends face to face for the very first time. But why? I mean, we’ve been talking with each other for the better part of three years. We’ve regarded each other as very close and very old friends that have nothing but the deepest respect for one another. So why? Why would it feel kinda weird and kinda surreal? My guess is that this was a moment that was a long time in the coming, and the anticipation of finally meeting one another in the flesh was more than enough to make us a little anxious. There were never any doubts that we would get along. That wasn’t in the equation at all…and that definitely proved true. Here is the story of the Blue Yoda Society @ Star Wars: Celebration III… Tuesday, April 19th I load up my car and take off towards the Cedar Rapids Airport, with the diabolical Steve the Dummy in tow--buckled in the back seat, around 8:45 pm. I’m nervous as hell and sweating bullets. I’m gonna meet two of my friends, PaplooTheory (Jake) and HumanJedi_024 (Paul) for the very first time; it’s been a long-ass **ing day of running around like a chicken with its head cut off; and I’m already running way behind schedule on no sleep. This was going to be rough, man. Very rough. I finally arrive in Cedar Rapids…and what happens? I get friggin’ lost. I’ve never been to the C.R. Airport before…so I’m clueless. I have these lame internet directions that feel the need to take you off onto bum- Egypt-type side roads and it mixes me all up. So I stop at a gas station to get directions, and I’m back on the road. A bum- Egypt-type side road…but back on the road nevertheless. Then, of course, I get stuck behind a train…two, no less, and it sets me even further back. Just after the train issue subsides, I’m back on the warpath to find this airport…when I suddenly get a call from Paul. “Where are you at?” he asks… “I’m almost there,” I retort… “Well, we just landed and are standing at the terminal,” he replies… “Right on, man, I’m on my way,” says the dip… So, all obstacles aside, I finally get to the terminal and pick the two jackasses up. We shake hands, exchange pleasantries, I freak them out with my freakish appearance and we’re off to Chicago…to pick up yet another ****. ”Blue Yoda enjoys the scenery from the dashboard* (obviously, since he’s looking at me) as we pass through Illinois on our way to O’Hare International Airport...” Craziness and Toll Booths. That would best describe our journey from the Cedar Rapids Airport to O’Hare…once we got into Illinois, specifically. Not only did we have to contend with those annoying as hell toll booths (to which there was an over abundance), but we also had to deal with the drones that run said booths…and some lunatics for drivers. Seriously crazy drivers. One person in particular liked to speed way up and slow way down as we drove beside them. Must’ve been a wicked acid flashback. And don’t even get me started on the toll booth folk. shudders So we finally make it to O’Hare and pick up TIE1138 (Derik). I’ve met this jackass before, so who cares? …. Just messin’ with ya, Der. It was cool as hell meetin’ Derik again. Helluva good guy. So we drive through the night, through roadwork and more toll booths, into Wednesday morning… Wednesday, April 20th We arrive at the Red Roof Inn in Indianapolis, Indiana, around 6 in the morning. We check into the now infamous “Room 116,” and it’s time for some breakfast. After eating and some aimless driving around to find a Super Target (I needed an RF Switch for my PS2 & GameCube. Derp!), which ended up being closed anyways, we finally go back to the hotel room for some shut eye. Some MUCH NEEDED shut eye for yours truly. I wake up to someone smacking my feet. “What the bloody hell?” I think to my groggy self. I look up, and it’s none other than the man himself, Salty (Salty). I’ve been talkin’ to this ***er for so long, it was really cool--and really weird at the same time--finally meeting him in person. Along with him was his lovely wife, Mrs_Kitty (Jenny), who was also standing to greet me. It was so awesome to finally meet these guys--I was lost for words. Could’ve been the grogginess, too…but I’m going to say it was a combination of both. As we wait for more of our friends to arrive, we watch Top Gun* in the meantime. “Sammy, you got a Charles Manson type thing a’goin’!” quipped Salt. Yeah, yeah, yeah….ya **in’ ****. Dammit. So, we decide to head into to town to get my RF Switch and grab some grub. White Castle was the order of the day… ”The BYS goes to White Castle...”* Once we got done eating, we decide to make the trek to the Convention Center for the very first time so some of us could pick up our badges. This proved to be quite humorous…as we were able to infiltrate the convention by slipping through the cracks. Pretty funny stuff. Not too much later, after making it back to the hotel, the supreme bitch showed up. We all know who that is. Padawan915 (Herb). Along with him was another awesome guy, Lifesabre (Ant). Really cool stuff. It was all finally coming together…and it was brilliant. We also plugged in and played “LEGO Star Wars” for the first time. This would be the first seduction for many in our group, as we became addicted to this extraordinary game throughout the course of the trip. This would also be our introduction to the “Evil TV” as it had absolutely NO volume control when you played video games and DVDs. Damn **in’ thing. Jake would also earn the nickname, “The Hannibal Lector Of Video Gaming” during this first time playing…a nickname he would earn, and carry with him quite well, throughout the entire trip. That evening, it was Hooters time. Pretty cool place…but it sounded like other Hooters were more customer friendly. Regardless, it was good times…and it was awesome having almost all of us together at the same place having a good time. Those friggin’ wings that Paul and I had were killers, though. Damn. It was also fun being half drunk and scaring Jake to death since I was driving in said state. I love makin’ that kid squirm. Thursday, April 21st The first day of the convention…and it was cold as ** outside. And I don’t think it made Steve, who was still strapped to the backseat, all too happy…because my car battery was completely dead. ”Steve does his worst…for now…” The *****. So, after the fellas pushed the car back and gave ‘er a jump, we were finally onto the road to the convention. After parking in the first of what would be a series of many parking garages, we march our way to the convention. And what do we see? Lines. People. Everywhere. Friggin’ nuts, man. So after a long trek to the very tail end of the line, there we were. Standing…and waiting. Fortunately the line began to move quite briskly…which was good. At some point in the line, a dude sporting a costume asked me if I was “that dude from That ‘70’s Show”. Hmmm… Me = ? Interesting. I don’t see the resemblance. Maybe more like this: Perhaps this: Or this: …… Sorry, went off on a tangent, there. Anyways, we finally make it into the convention…and there are people. Everywhere. Cluster-** City, man. Costume-clad geekazoids filled to the brim, bitch. But the biggest attraction of the day was easily… …yeah. That’s right. The Slave Leia Girl. Created quite the stir each day she was at the convention. Beautiful. Thursday ended up being a pretty eventful day. We made some rounds in the room that had all of the vintage action figures, board game tourneys, legos, you name it. Paul and Herb bought some Unleashed figures that they needed….Paul also got a cool SW Trilogy soundtrack boxed set which came with a free TPM soundtrack in vinyl….and we perused the “Battle of the Heroes” video for the very first time. Pretty cool stuff. Met back up with Salt and Jen, and made our way over to the Fan Force area so Salt could give some action figures to their toy drive at the Phatooine.net stand. Derik and I ducked out for a smoke…and to our surprise, another one of our old friends had tracked us down--wicket1138 (Joe). Cool ***, man. I was especially surprised that he too had long hair and a beard, just like me. Nice to know that I wasn’t the only “hippie-esque” dude in the group…and that I had a “twin”. Back to the Fan Force section. We met some really cool dudes from Phat…including Captain_Obvious and Captain_Sarcasm. Pretty cool fellas. From there, we decided to hit the autograph room, which was right next door. Salt and Jen were the only ones that had autograph coupons…and getting the autograph of one Amy Allen was the order of the day. After Salt and Jen got her autograph, she was so kind to allow us to take a group photo with her… ”The BYS and Amy Allen...”* Very, very cool. As the first day of C3 for the BYS began to wrap itself up, we decided it was time to grab some eats and some brews. The first place that we tried to hit up, The Ram, seemed like a pretty cool place. But since the regular seating was cut-off due to the plethora of SW geeks reserving it…and you had to have your ID and be 21-and-over to sit in the bar section, we had no choice but to leave. We found a better place, however, called The Alcatraz. Great eats; great homemade brews; great service. A+++ From there, we hopped onto the escalators and made our way to the movie theater at the top floor of the mall….to take in a screening of Sin City. Very, very excellent flick that we all enjoyed very much. Marv is a friggin’ rock, man. Back to the hotel we went…to hang out, play a game of SW Trivial Pursuit DVD (I won, after a valiant comeback--and Jake & Der blew their final question. Hehehe…losers. That’s right.), play some more LEGO Star Wars, watch some “Chappelle’s Show” on DVD and unwind. All in all, an excellent day. Friday, April 22nd Too many beers and much too late of a night. This would end up being a trend for some of us. Trust me. Salt, Jen and Paul would establish themselves as rocks that could get up and go quite early. The same could NOT be said for the rest of us…lol. After more wandering around at the convention, we decide to go back to the Fan Force area and back to the Phat.net table…in hopes of meeting Sith_Wench (Hope) for the first time. And meet her, we did. Very cool woman. Her boyfriend is cool as **, too. On our way out, we noticed that there was a booth that does SW face paintings for eight bucks. For eight bucks, you could get your face painted as a SW character. Mainly on a whim, I jokingly suggested to Joe that he get his face painted as Blue Yoda. He complied. As some of us waited outside, we learned that another one of our good friends had finally made it to the party--SPACEMONKEY20 (Jon). Really great guy. Class-act, all the *ing way. So Joe finally gets done: Rock on, Joe. So…what’s next on the agenda? How ‘bout the Rick McCallum C3 Spectacular…which boasts a showing of never-before-seen footage of the new film? And, wow, what a treat. That footage was absolutely mind-blowing…and the crowd went friggin’ nuts--ourselves included. It was so good, in fact, that some of us insisted on seeing it again that day. Another great day of SW goodness and overcrowdedness…including Salt and Jen obtaining some more killer autographs--including Ray Park, David Prowse, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker. Lots of fun had by all…and it was time to head back to the infamous hotel room. Once there, we ordered some Domino’s Pizza, drank some Pabst (it may taste like horse piss…but you just HAVE to at a BYS gathering, I mean…c’mon!), and watched Spaceballs* and The Big Lebowski. And, of course, played some more LEGO SW. "Chillin' in Room 116..." Good times had by all on this day. Steve the Dummy was also having a blast… ”Steve the Drunkard…” Have to add one more thing: Jon established himself as THE party animal of the group. The dude was the oldest of us there…and he was a rock. He’d be up late, get an hour of sleep and be rarin’ to go. Amazing. Here’s some proof: ”A very odd--and funny as hell--photo opportunity...” The dude is insane, I tells you. INSANE! I was thinkin’ that Herb was gonna be the drunken beast on this trip…but he wasn’t. Shame on you, second bitch. For shame. This evening would also contain one of my personal favorite exchanges of the entire trip. Here’s the scenario: It’s around 4:30 in the morning, and we’re all lying down in the pitch darkness that is the hotel room, conversing and trying to get to sleep (this would also be a common theme, us stayin’ up waaaaay too late). Herb and Derik had the beds on this particular evening (while the rest of us were on the floor--as per the rotation). At one point, during the conversation, we hear a cork pop off of a bottle, and liquid swishing around. This prompts Herb to say to Derik… “Are you drinking tequila, Derik?” To which Derik replies…very much like he just got done taking a shot of hard alcohol… “No.” The room just erupted in laughter. LMAO…Too funny. Anyways… Saturday, April 23rd “BYS DAY“. Plain and simple. The bulk of our entire group would be together on this day (unfortunately some members couldn‘t be here for this momentous event…but they were there in spirit)…and it will be a day long remembered. The day started, once again, with Salt, Jen, Paul and Jon taking off quite early to the convention…and the rest of us not getting there until the afternoon--such as the pattern the entire time. While us lazy asses were sleeping, the four diehards were quite busy at the convention. Namely: THE DREADED C3 STORE LINE. The bitch of the convention. Salt, Jen and Paul would prove to be very patient, and wait in this line all morning until they got the merchandise that they wanted. Jon, on the other hand, would end up being quite lucky. As he stood in line for the store, some dude came out and proclaimed that they needed four hundred more people to go to one of the George Lucas Q & A sessions. Jon did just that. Lucky *****. Pretty funny, too, as many nimrods sat in the rain and cold all night whilst waiting in line. The BYS trumps all again. Too funny. So, us lazy ****** finally drag our asses out of bed and make our way to the convention, with Steve in tow… ”Steve makes his journey to the convention center…” So, we finally make it there…and we wait. Salt, Jen and Paul are in the store…Joe is nowhere to be found…and Jon, The Lurker (Becky) and Zaxxon (Jack) are taking in the McCallum Spectacular. So we wait for a few…when finally some of the gang comes out of the McCallum thing. Finally getting to meet Beck and Jack was a joy for all of us. Really, really cool. We get the call from the Salted One that they are finally out of the store, and we make our way over to them. We meet back up with the others…and we are soon joined by Hope, her boyfriend and Arriss (PJ). Also joining us would be a completely shot Joe, who had been at the convention for like, forever…and Jedi_Satimber (Shawn #2). Man oh man…I wouldn’t want to tangle with that big boy. Jeekits. Anyways, Becky takes off to check out the “One Man Star Wars” show (kinda wish I would have went with her…would‘ve been like a date! Hehehehe…), so we wait on her to come back…so we can finally take our much anticipated group photo. And, to our surprise, we see some of our online friends across the room. With one shout of “ALL HAIL BLUE YODA!” by yours-truly…they come over to chat with us. It was none other than YodaJeff and Droideka27…or Jeff and Tracy. Really nice folks. Pretty cool meeting them in person. Soon, more of our friends would arrive…including AmazingB, FateNaberrie, Darth_Glymmer, VadersLament, and the world-famous Darth_Ignant. The much-anticipated “BYS & DB“ meeting was finally coming to fruition. After all of these years. Pretty surreal. And they all seemed like really cool people, even in our short meeting. Rather enjoyed it. ”NO BLASTERS, NO BLASTERS!” So Becky finally makes it back…and it’s picture time. This was THE moment we’ve been waiting for during this entire, stupid, three-year journey that is the Blue Yoda Society…and it was absolutely perfect… ~~THE BLUE YODA SOCIETY~~ - Front, Lying Down: Sith_Wench (Hope) - Kneeling (left to right): TIE1138 (Derik), Leonard_Shelby (Sammy) - Front Row (left to right): wicket1138 (Joe), Salty (Salty), Mrs_Kitty (Jenny) - Back Row (left to right): Arriss (PJ), PaplooTheory (Jake), Jedi_Satimber (Shawn), HumanJedi_024 (Paul), SPACEMONKEY20 (Jon), Zaxxon (Jack), The Lurker (Becky), Padawan915 (Herb) Simply beautiful. It was kinda cool, too, because a HUGE group of folks came out of a convention hall, just as we were snapping the first of the pictures…and we were creating quite the stir. In fact, it even piqued the interest of someone with a “Press” badge on. The woman took our picture and came over to get our information. It was a woman who worked for the Star Wars Insider, and she did articles for “Bantha Tracks”. Be sure to look for our group picture…coming to a future issue of SW Insider. That’s right. After the wonderful experience that was the group photo, we break up for a few moments…so some of us can look around, some of us can crud up our lungs with the sweet, sweet nicotine…and so some of us can pick up the diabolical Steve the Dummy; so he can be reunited with his father. Cold as hell, man. That’s the best to describe Saturday at the convention. Trace snowfall…the works. It wouldn’t be a smart move to, say, wear shorts. Well, I’m the jackass that did…and I paid dearly for it. Anyways, Derik and I go and get Steve out of my car…and to say that our walk back to the convention center was highly hysterical would be an understatement. You should’ve seen the looks that we were getting…ranging from stunned to smirking to all-out grinning to all-out terrified…as we walked back to the center, cradling that freaky little dummy in my arms like a baby. It was priceless. Der and I were grinning like ***ing idiots. Too great. ”Father and Son…Reunited…”* It was also great hearing people in Star Wars costumes commenting on how cool our Pabst shirts were. I think I can count a few times or more where this happened. Too awesome. Anyways, we all regroup and make our way to the ever-wonderful Alcatraz restaurant. After, once again, bein’ shot down by The Ram (these buffoons turned away almost six hundred bucks of our business during the weekend. Damn fools), we decided to go back to this kick-ass place. Once again, we didn’t regret it. Great food…great brews…awesome waiter…great times. Lovely. During this meal, another very memorable BYS “moment” would occur…when we all stood up, said “All Hail Blue Yoda” and clanked glasses together. The ultimate toast. It was a quiet and profound moment in our history…a moment that we have since dubbed the “ROTK” moment. ”The 'ROTK' moment…” After yet another awesome meal, it was time to part ways…and say our first goodbyes. Beck, Jack and Joe were the first to leave us. It was great fun to be with the three of you. And we’re down to eight. Back to the hotel…and the beer flowed like water. Especially for yours-truly. On this evening, we watched the fan film, Episode IV.V: The Unknown Discovery, a DVD that some dude just handed to Jon, Der and myself as we stood outside with our smokes. We also watched a BYS staple flick…Old School. Great stuff. And, of course, Pulp Fiction. Lots of cool flicks, lots of good beer. I could barely pick myself up off of the floor by the end of the evening. Sunday, April 23rd Damn. What a rough morning. Hangovers abound, man. Woke up to, once again, to see that the diehards (we all know who these guys are by now, yes?) went to the convention…and our sorry asses slept all day. Literally. Like vampires…Herb, Jake, Der and yours-truly stayed in the hotel all day. Which was cool. None of us had any money, and we saw all we needed to see at the convention. LEGO STAR WARS was the order of the day for us lazy **s…and we managed to unlock a lot of it. SKEET-SKEET-SKEET-SKEET! It was cool for Salt and Jen…as they managed to get good ole Lando’s autograph. Very, very cool. I think Paul may have picked some more stuff up…but I can’t remember. Later in the day…Jon, Paul, Jen and Salt made their way back to the hotel. After hanging out for awhile, it was time--once again--to say some goodbyes. Jon, Salt and Jen all went their separate ways…and we were wittled down to five. For the rest of the day, we mainly hung out playin’ LEGO SW and Resident Evil 4. Paul and I played some catch with the baseball as well. All in all, a pretty good wind down day. Monday, April 24th After stayin’ up ‘til five in the morning every night, havin’ to wake up at five in the morning was pretty rough…but it had to be done. Groggy as hell, the five of us got our ** together for the final BYS departure from Indy. Ant comes to the hotel to pick up Herb, and we have our goodbyes with the two fellas…and the four of us are off…but not before leaving a nice little “mark” on our room… ”The BYS Was Here…” And we said goodbye to Indy. And soon we would say goodbye to Derik, as we drop him off at the O’Hare Airport…and we’re down to three. And soon I would say goodbye to Jake and Paul…as I drop them off at the Cedar Rapids Airport…and we’re down to one, and the circle is complete. I did as I set out to do: I got my friends to and from the convention safely…which was a relief. What a journey, man. Totally amazing. Words cannot describe how I feel about you individuals…how I feel about you as my friends. Words just can’t--and won’t--do it justic -----signature----- Blue Yoda Society: Supreme Chancellor \|\| Master to ApolloSmileGirl Don't run your mouth about loyalty if you know nothing about it.
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malkieD2 Title: EuroMod™-JCC - FFUK-RSA Emeritus Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 5/13/05 7:25am Subject: RE: Ric Olié Says: The Blue Yoda Society Is Three Years Old!
	congrats on the new thread -----signature----- HBOF There are only 10 types of people in this world; those who understand binary jokes, and those who don't. If you don't already know, you'll never understand. If you already know, no explanation is needed - KW
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crackvader Registered: Dec '00	Date Posted: 5/13/05 7:26am Subject: RE: Ric Olié Says: The Blue Yoda Society Is Three Years Old!
	This has to be teh longest post evar! Cheers! -----signature----- Sir "Whore On Nickel Night" of the Knights of the 3SA /JCC Sarcasm Table *AoE* Destroy, kill all hippies! *R.I.P. Snowball* http://www.sarcasmknights.com
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Leonard_Shelby Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 5/13/05 7:28am Subject: RE: Ric Olié Says: The Blue Yoda Society Is Three Years Old!
	Thanks, fellas. ahby! -----signature----- Blue Yoda Society: Supreme Chancellor \|\| Master to ApolloSmileGirl Don't run your mouth about loyalty if you know nothing about it.
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LittleJedi Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 5/13/05 7:30am Subject: RE: Ric Olié Says: The Blue Yoda Society Is Three Years Old!
	Happy birthday! -----signature----- I don't know where you get your delusions, laserbrain.
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Jedi_Insurance_Guy Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 5/13/05 7:30am Subject: RE: Ric Olié Says: The Blue Yoda Society Is Three Years Old! - Date Edited: 5/13/05 7:34am (1 edits total) Edited By: Jedi_Insurance_Guy
	My head is hurting. Please kill me! EDIT: Oops, almost forgot - Happy Birthday BYS! -----signature----- "Sir Foreskins Lovin' Jigga" of the Knights of The 3SA Sarcasm Table
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Kerr_Plunk Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 5/13/05 7:32am Subject: RE: Ric Olié Says: The Blue Yoda Society Is Three Years Old!
	congratulations! -----signature----- come on you target for faraway laughter, come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine! lemon puddin'
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Dark_Lady_Jada Registered: Dec '04	Date Posted: 5/13/05 7:34am Subject: RE: Ric Olié Says: The Blue Yoda Society Is Three Years Old!
	ahby! -----signature----- SSA Council Master Training Qui-Gon-Matt Blue Master's Veangeful Battle Wench of Destruction & Raiser of the Blue Stick AHBY\| Ward 316\|181St Lead Adopter of SciChik Salty get well!
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Master-FatBurt Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 5/13/05 7:36am Subject: RE: Ric Olié Says: The Blue Yoda Society Is Three Years Old! - Date Edited: 5/13/05 7:39am (1 edits total) Edited By: Master-FatBurt
	Is this a good time to say All Hail Blue Yoda I'm new to this so I don't know. Oh nice reference to captain obvious as well -----signature----- rules are meant to be broken All Bluebirds are Blue COME ON BARRA!!
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DropKickAnt Title: New Jersey Order FF Secretary, NJ Registered: Dec '04	Date Posted: 5/13/05 7:39am Subject: RE: Ric Olié Says: The Blue Yoda Society Is Three Years Old! - Date Edited: 5/13/05 7:41am (1 edits total) Edited By: DropKickAnt
	Sam Thank you for everything man HOLY CRAP I JUST READ THE TITLE, LOL (edit) AHBY