Sunday, August 07 2005, 11:37 PM

I guess it's been a while since I've posted something meaningful. I've recieved some questions on the nature of the last post, but if I haven't told you, you're not destined to know. Let it rest. I was pretty much drunk when I posted it, but that doesn't take away from the meaning.

I guess I've been keeping myself busy for the most part. I've been slowly infiltrating my new residence. My room is mostly squared away, and it's quite different for me not to have a computer in my room. There's been a computer of some form in my bedroom for like, 8 years now. It's actually quiet and cool in my bedroom now. It's rather hard to believe. Who knows... now that I've forced the computers out of my room, a female might enter! Well, with my luck, probably not. But I guess I can hope. I've got a few more boxes worth of stuff to make homes for, but it's mostly stuff like spare bedding, so it's nothing critical at this point.

Last weekend was the annual LaRouche-land canoe trip up on the Rifle River. As usual, it was a great time. There was a much smaller contingent of people there this year, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. There were a lot less of the peripheral folk that come up with the family, which is good in my eyes. Some of the people that came up in the past were no good. Most of the crew was there - Jon + Michelle, Chris + Lana, Andre, Thomann, Guy + Ana... The Phils were strong in attendance. We all got pretty ripped the first night, Andre and Jonny T. especially. They didn't sleep at all, and kept most of the camp up all night. I slept in the van, so I didn't hear a thing, but there was quite a lot of negative feelings towards those two when I woke up. It passed, and everybody had a good time canoeing. The weather couldn't have been better, but the river could have been a little warmer. We didn't really do much of anything except pass out from exhaustion after the trip down the river. All in all, it was a good time.

I put together a decent-sized list of things to get done this weekend, and I made a pretty good dent in them. I've still gotta get out to the Pontiac dealership sometime this week. There are a couple dealerships in my parents area that are offering pull-aheads on any GMAC lease, so I can get out of my current lease without any penalty if I get a new lease. This is quite good, since I've got around 500 miles left on my current lease, and it expires in February. The math isn't too good on that one. I'll definitely be taking advantage of that offer and get myself into a new ride. I'm looking pretty hard at a G6, perhaps a G6 GT(P) if I can afford it. We'll see within the next week or two, after I take a test drive or two.

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Sunday, July 27 2003, 9:32 PM

This past weekend was the annual LaRouche land canoe trip. There was a pretty good turnout this year. Our part of the crew consisted of Jon and Michelle, Andre, Chris and Lana and two of her friends, Bob, and myself. We staggered up to the property, with Jon and Michelle arriving first, followed by me at about 8:30, then Chris and crew around 11ish, Andre around 1am, and Bob around 5:30am (ouch!). Jon and I took an opportunity to break in the new beirut table. We got one game in before darkness took over, and then we went on to drinking in a more standard manne - from the can. Jon and I had a pretty good jag on by the time Chris showed up, and plenty of good times were had. I honestly don't remember if I was awake when Andre showed up, but it doesn't really matter. Apparently after I passed out, Chris and Andre kept the night alive for quite a while apparently.. Michelle said something about them being up until 5am or so. I was passed the hell out, so I don't wouldn't be able to say either way.

The morning of the canoe trip started off kinda crappy, with dark skies and rain, and a bit of thunder. Being the (foolish) troopers that we are, we went anyway. The first half of the trip was kinda rainy, but the thunder wasn't present thankfully. The second half was much nicer, with the sun breaking through the clouds for a while. Good times were had in the evening as well... we set up the beirut table again and played a few games before it got dark, and before the drinking beer ran out. Bob brough bottles of some nicer stuff, and Jon and Bob played a 1 on 1 game with some of it, but it was determined that it wasn't suitable for beirut. After the sun set, we sat around in a circle being merry and talking... pretty cool. We all passed out pretty quickly that night. Well, I did anyways.

Today was rather uneventful. We got all packed up and headed home. Only took me two hours to get home, which is pretty good. Overall, a good time.

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