Crasymaker

I’ve put up a couple of new Flickr sets.

The first is Camping - Oct 2007 which documents our annual trip to Longpool. Unfortunately, it was also our last trip to Longpool since some jackass (police?) officer kept sneaking up on us and saying something to the effect of “You can’t drink here. It’s illegal and I’ll take you to jail if you don’t stop.” Those weren’t his exact words but that was the overall idea he was trying to convey. To be honest, at the time it sounded more like, “Hey guys. Look at me. I suck. You guys look like you’re having fun. That makes me jealous. I will now ruin your camping trip. Also, I suck.”

The second set is Snowboarding - 2008 which is the fifth snowboarding set and documents the fifth trip I’ve been on in as many years. This year we went to Steamboat Springs, Colorado and it was by far the best trip yet. It snowed 6 inches the first night and 10 the next. Translation: Awesome.

Hey everyone. Check this out. It’s a new set of photos over at the Flickr place. You can look at them if you want to. You should try it. It’s real fun!

Err, sorry. Some kid took over my keyboard. Anyway, yeah, we went camping like we always do in the spring…and fall. This year, most of the normal crew wimped out because they watched the weather and the weatherman called for rain “all weekend long.” Well, it didn’t rain a single drop the entire trip and turned out to be the best camping weather we’ve had in years. Come on, ya’ll. Don’t be silly. Ain’t nobody can predict the future. Except wizards, maybe.

I’m back from snowboarding and once again, it was great. This year, we went to The Canyons in Park City, Utah. Why’d we go so far?

Well, we originally thought our friend Aaron was going to make it and that it would be fun to go back to where he and I quit our day jobs to move to six years ago. You know, a little nostalgia. Aaron ended up not going but we thought it would still be fun to go somewhere other than Colorado for a change.

It’s also the first time we’ve used an airplane to get out there instead of driving. Needless to say, we’re hooked and will probably fly from now on. It’s so much easier (and cheaper, nowadays) than driving.

I’ll spare ya’ll of the boring snowboarding details and point you straight to the Flickr photo set and also to the Vimeo video. Enjoy.

We recently went on our annual Fall camping trip to Longpool. Unlike last year, we didn’t find any sweet parties out there but we did carry on the tradition of “shot night” where everyone brings a shot in hopes of winning the Shot Crown for the season. That’s probably all I should say about that.

Other highlights include another trip to Ed’s Flags-n-Stuff, a nice hike and the conception of “freaky river natives” (don’t ask).

Click here for the photos.

9:00am - Woke up.
12:00pm - Arrived at Tybee Island North Beach (Lighthouse) Built “Bocce Beach World” bocce ball course in the sand complete with sand pits, gutter traps, mountains and more. Played bocce ball on “Bocce Beach World.” Boogie boarded some more. Nursed the enormous blister on my knee from digging in the sand for 2 hours (building “Bocce Beach World”).
4:30pm - Arrived at the liquor/grocery store to get daiquiri mix and rum and mint…and more beer.
7:00pm - Ate another delicious dinner prepared by Super Laura.
10:00pm - Made and drank mojitos and daiquiris.
Midnight - Attempted to start another dance party in the basement. Failed miserably. Drank more.
1:30am - Last-minute decision to go back to Gayna’s bar down the street.
2:45am - Zzzzzzzz.

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9:30am - Woke up
11:00am - Arrived in downtown Savannah. Walked around the historic district. We did not want to wait 2 hours to eat at The Lady & Sons so we ate at Moon River Brewing Co. instead. Found and shopped at American Apparel. Did some touristy stuff by the river.
6:00pm - Nap time.
9:00pm - Ate dinner at AJ’s dockside instead of The Crab Shack after some locals told us some awful stories about The Crab Shack’s kitchen. Gross stories. Trust me.
11:00pm - Early to bed.

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8:30am - Woke up
10:00am - Arrived at Waves Beachwear to buy boogie boards, masks and Eric a bathing suit since he forgot it.
10:30am - Watched a dumb Waves Beachwear employee follow Sarah out the door because she thought Sarah was stealing cheap, shitty junk.
10:31pm - Watched dumb Waves Beachwear employee become humiliated when she discovered that Sarah had not stolen any cheap, shitty junk.
11:00am - Arrived at Tybee Island main beach where we boogie boarded, sunbathed sunburned, bocce balled and jellyfish watched.
5:00pm - Left Tybee Island main beach fully crisped from the sun.
5:20pm - Arrived at Tybee Island IGA and purchased groceries.
7:00pm - Ate a delicious pork tenderloin in goat cheese sauce prepared by none other than Super Laura.
8:30pm - Homemade margs and ultimate dance party in the basement bar.
Midnight - Went to bed (passed out).

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7:00am - Left Memphis (unharmed)
7:00pm - Arrived at Tybee Island, GA
7:30pm - Checked into the Beach Bungalow
8:00pm - Beach walkin’
9:00pm - Seafood eatin’ at Sting Ray’s
11:00pm - Walked to a dive called Gayna’s where “Let’s just have one beer.” turned into “Are you having a fifth beer? Yes? Cool, me too.” and “Hey, thanks for the free shots!”
2:00am - Bedtime.

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1:30pm - Left town
5:30pm - Arrived at Sarah’s parents’ house in Memphis
7:00pm - Ate my favorite Memphis food (Saigon Le)
11:00pm - Went to sleep
1:30am - Woke up to navigate Dustin and Brandy to the house
1:40am - Back to bed

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Two trips ago, five of us made a promise to go snowboarding every year until we were all too old to strap into a board no matter what the circumstances were. Last year there were three of us. This year it was just Seth and I. Despite the lack of friends, we still managed to have a blast.

Our condo this year featured a lime green television, a full-size fireplace and an entirely separate bedroom. It was such a waste for only two people because we could have easily fit six in there. Seth has all the details listed but I’ve got the pictures (what few there were) right here.

Other than Seth hurting his back a little and me getting my first cold sore, there wasn’t anything to complain about…except for no Cingular cell phone service in the room…and no internet access…and no strippers…or midgets…or clowns. Other than that, the trip was great.

However, I am on a snowboarding trip with Seth and finding internet access here is a B-I-itch, my friends. Also, no cellphone service. Not cool. I had to pay $6 for 30 minutes of access just so I could find out about the newMacBook Pro, iMac and iLife ‘06. I’ll be back in action soon. Chill.

16 of us went camping this past weekend at Long Pool recreation area near Russelville, Arkansas. Just a few of the highlights:

• Ed’s Flags & Stuff - Stopped and bought a huge beer flag and Skoal Bandits/Red Man hats
• Doo Doo tent - Jonathan’s spare tent actually smelled like feces
• Left-handed football - Learning (read: not learning) to throw a football left-handed…and drunk.
• Evanescence’s brother - Crashed a party of 90 random weirdos. Brother of the guitar player of Evanescence playing guitar with drunk, redneck bongo players.
• Keller - Semi-retarded kid that visited our site about 6 times screaming, “HELLO EVERYBODYYYYYYY!”

Check out the photos here.

Good grief, I have never had so much fun in my life. Our trip had originally been scheduled for Park City, Utah, but that got postponed until next year so we ended up going back to Colorado. We were about 15 minutes away from the city we stayed in last year but instead of snowboarding at Breckenridge, we bought tickets for Copper Mountain. I’d never been there before so I had no idea what to expect. Plus, I am not a serious snowboarder either so one place is as good as the next as far as I was concerned. Until now. Usually, when we go, there’s always someone that asks us, “So why are you guys spending all five days at the same resort?” Last year, my answer was, “I don’t know, where else should we go?” But this year’s response was, “Because there are more tree runs at Copper Mountain that we could do in a month.” Also, it snowed between 14″ and 17″ on the third day which made for the absolute best day of snowboarding I’ve ever had. We were so spoiled by the powder and lack of a crowd on Thursday that when we got there the next day and found hundreds of people on the mountain, we said to hell with it and left early. To top it all off, I got to hang out with two of the best guys I’ll ever know for an entire week. Check out the photos from the trip by clicking here. Thanks to Colorado, thanks to Copper Mountain and thanks to Seth and Trip for helping make this year’s vacation a total blast.
PS-Just kidding Seth and Trip, you guys are assholes.

Biz Markie “Friends”

We made it to Colorado on Saturday night and started snowboarding the next morning. Ah, screw it. You can read about it over on Seth’s site.

Pavement “Colorado”