NICKELDOPOLOUS' BABY SHOWER

Went camping and fishing this weekend in the San Juan's for my greek exchange student Nickel's "baby shower." Actually turned out to be good weather compared to the Seattle area which was nice. It's amazing how much you will dick around when you have all guys filled with beer in the middle of nowhere and what games (not gay games) you'll come up with. We actually spent about a couple of hours competing in punting skills while making elaborate rules along with beer to make it much more entertaining. I don't think the other campers were too happy with us. And by the way, we're all horrible at punting especially after a few beers in us. Not that we're any good when we're sober.

But the highlight of the whole weekend was definitely Fartin Martin jumping into the 46 degree water at night in just his skibbies because of a bet made to him. I don't think he could feel his limbs for about 30 minutes afterwards. Who knew such a big WNBA fan would have such kahuna's to pull that off?

A close second was the boat ride back to Anacortes. It got pretty choppy in the straight and Fartin Martin was definitely in the wrong seat because he got about 200 gallons of water splashed on him for 45 mins straight while Nickel was laughing like a little school girl at the sight of it the entire time.

Good times.

EURO CUP 2008!!

Thinking about this summer's Euro Cup I found this old video that my Uncle made from pics and video shots he took after Italy won the 2006 World Cup where we watched most of the games in the Italian neighborhood of Vancouver on Commercial Drive. The opening shot is at an Italian Cafe just as they won and then the celebration that spilled out onto the streets. All traffic was stopped because of it but people more or less understood that this was a big moment. I changed the second video to the highlights of the Italy vs. Germany game which I thought was the most exciting by far. The first goal especially is beautiful. 2 more years until the next World Cup, can't wait. But I'll definitely be up there a lot this summer for the Euro Cup when Italy is playing.

Gumbo Shrimp, Cocktail Shrimp, Fried Shrimp, Ebi Sushi.....

Went Shrimping on saturday with a couple of buddies out in the Sound. Caught 54 Shrimp in all but that isn't that much between 3 hungry guys. The weather sucked all day but it was still fun and I look forward to stripping the sea of its bounty again. Here's a picture of the shrimp we caught.