dmc2291's R2 build Chronicles: March 2011

Old Events - Christmas Fun '11

Well, these pics made it to Facebook, but never into the blog here...so since I'm not friends with the entire world on FB yet, I'll post 'em.

Story behind these goes as follows.

At the BEST Robotics event, I reconnected with Elise, who I'd known probably 14-15 years before, and she then found me on FB. Sometime around the beginning of December she asked "So, what do you and R2 do for Christmas?". I decided a pictorial would be the best answer. It's entitled "What happens when R2 tries to help".

Old Events - BWW-MAW troop, 10-30-10

Here's another one that flew by under the radar.

Since Goose and I are regular patrons at our local Buffalo Wild Wings, we were able to arrange a charity troop, where the restaurant donated 10% of their sales all day on a Saturday to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. All we had to do was troop...so troop we did!

This turned out to be a great event, especially since we only advertised at the company I work for, and roadside during the event (standing by the street, waving at the cars driving by) and still managed to raise $550. The manager of the store said it was their best Sat all fall, and Bama wasn't even playing that day!

Anyway, on to the pics, random as usual...

Lastly for this event, a quick story that you might not even believe...
Several pics above, there's a server in an Auburn jersey. When I brought R2 into the store, she asked me "What's you robot's name".... can ya believe it? I couldn't.

Old Events - Build-a-bear 9-25-10

So it's only just come to my attention that I missed posting a couple of events here.

First, the Build-A-Bear workshop event down in Orange Beach, AL. Event was 9-25-10.

Anyway, LFL had asked the 501st to assist with promoting the event with an appearance. Since I don't really plan to ever wear armor again, with the notable exception of the once annual "active status" trooping, I took R2 instead of an armor bin.

Here's pics: