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batskeetsOkay, it's COLD outside. And it's even colder in my office. That needs to stop!
Plunderathon was pretty awesome. (pictures coming whenever Amy sends them) There were apparently over 250 pirates in attendance, over the course of the evening, and all the pubs we stopped at were more than prepared for us! One place had a pirate-themed band play for us, another gave us complimentary appetizers, yet another had a huge batch of (again, complimentary) rum punch waiting for us. Having that many pirates in one place is pretty hilarious, and there were some pretty funny little games and tricked-out costumes.
The only crappy part? Some power-tripping door guy at the Fez decided that he didn't believe Ben was over-21, and even tried to confiscate his ID! Never mind that Ben turns 26 in less than a month, he had a legit and unexpired Oregon driver's license, and he'd also been hanging with all the other equally-or-more-drunk-than-him pirates since 3:30 in the afternoon. -_-; So, we called it quits early, but otherwise, good times all around!
Wushu was pretty good over the weekend. I was late to class on Friday, thanks to the delayed and painfully slow streetcar, but I got to start on a basic but new-to-me straightsword form in yellow/green belt class. Saturday was also unexpectedly fun: after I got done with white belt class, Master Gao asked me if I wanted to practice with the yellow/green belt folks. :D We only got through kicks and jumps before I had to leave, but it was a pleasant surprise, and hopefully a continuing trend.
The runway show casting was right between wushu and Plunderathon, so I hustled on over for that, and it sounds like it's going to be pretty fun. They're going to have a runway set up on the roof of the venue, and lots of food and rock music, so I'm looking forward to it.
No rafting happened on Sunday, but I went to the Church of Craft meeting; the group skewed older, but they were nice, friendly ladies, and there was some impressive crafting going on. The official project of the session was "shrine wallets," and maybe I'll post a picture of mine once it's done. The coffee house where they held the meeting was also pretty funky and cool, and the whole space was basically reserved for the craft group. I may have to stop in there sometime, when they're actually open for business. :) I think I'm going to look into some knitting groups, next.
Oh yeah, and I got my bike back from the shop, and it's doing tons better. We went out for a nice, long ride on Friday night, after we picked up the bikes, and explored the area near Smith and Bybee lakes. There's also a 40-mile bike path that loops all around Portland, so we might have to make a day of that sometime!
That's all!
Plunderathon was pretty awesome. (pictures coming whenever Amy sends them) There were apparently over 250 pirates in attendance, over the course of the evening, and all the pubs we stopped at were more than prepared for us! One place had a pirate-themed band play for us, another gave us complimentary appetizers, yet another had a huge batch of (again, complimentary) rum punch waiting for us. Having that many pirates in one place is pretty hilarious, and there were some pretty funny little games and tricked-out costumes.
The only crappy part? Some power-tripping door guy at the Fez decided that he didn't believe Ben was over-21, and even tried to confiscate his ID! Never mind that Ben turns 26 in less than a month, he had a legit and unexpired Oregon driver's license, and he'd also been hanging with all the other equally-or-more-drunk-than-him pirates since 3:30 in the afternoon. -_-; So, we called it quits early, but otherwise, good times all around!
Wushu was pretty good over the weekend. I was late to class on Friday, thanks to the delayed and painfully slow streetcar, but I got to start on a basic but new-to-me straightsword form in yellow/green belt class. Saturday was also unexpectedly fun: after I got done with white belt class, Master Gao asked me if I wanted to practice with the yellow/green belt folks. :D We only got through kicks and jumps before I had to leave, but it was a pleasant surprise, and hopefully a continuing trend.
The runway show casting was right between wushu and Plunderathon, so I hustled on over for that, and it sounds like it's going to be pretty fun. They're going to have a runway set up on the roof of the venue, and lots of food and rock music, so I'm looking forward to it.
No rafting happened on Sunday, but I went to the Church of Craft meeting; the group skewed older, but they were nice, friendly ladies, and there was some impressive crafting going on. The official project of the session was "shrine wallets," and maybe I'll post a picture of mine once it's done. The coffee house where they held the meeting was also pretty funky and cool, and the whole space was basically reserved for the craft group. I may have to stop in there sometime, when they're actually open for business. :) I think I'm going to look into some knitting groups, next.
Oh yeah, and I got my bike back from the shop, and it's doing tons better. We went out for a nice, long ride on Friday night, after we picked up the bikes, and explored the area near Smith and Bybee lakes. There's also a 40-mile bike path that loops all around Portland, so we might have to make a day of that sometime!
That's all!
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Date: 2007-06-18 09:08 pm (UTC)I think I saw you in the cleavage competition? I couldn't see anyone's actual cleavage from way back there, so I could be wrong, but I lost track after that. I'm still waiting on photos from a friend; no way was I bringing my SLR down there, heh.