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Well after an additional 3 hours and a stop in Austin I finally make it to lovely Houston. Just like VA it’s warm and humid and the A/C is set for 60 everywhere so I bring a long sleeve shirt everywhere I go.

Well I made it to Virginia, but my luggage was delayed 12 hours. Thankfully the hotel called at 5AM this morning to let me know the luggage had arrived. I missed out on the spa last night and also brushing my teeth.

The good news is I’m about 2 hours from D.C. so I’m thinking about taking a drive over, anybody want to meet there?

Well I drove out to Wrigley Field Saturday to watch the Cubs play the Pirates with my good buddies. I miss the good old stadium and continue my disgust at U.S. Cellular field and how cold it feels compared to Wrigley. Then I went over to Miller Park last night to watch the Cubs take on the Brewers. Again a great game, but the stadium still felt cold compared to Wrigley. What is it about Wrigley field. That’s three Cub games this year for me, not too bad for a cheesehead.

Another fun-filled summer weekend has been accomplished. I went and saw Clerks 2 which I thought was fantastic, even Anne Franke would agree. The biggest highlight was the 3 minute trailer for Snakes on Plane which was followed up with a 2 minute ovation from the crowd.

In case you missed it Saturday night, Recess Rocks, was playing at the Cuckoo’s Nest in Cary, IL. The sound was good and we even received some free stickers so who could complain. Plus the beer was incredibly cheap. Some new pictures have been posted in the Pictures section of the site.

Sunday I saw Pirates 2 which left a lot to be desired. I thought the first film was mediocre, but this film was just boring and drawn out. What happened to all the funny quips that were stragetically placed in the first film. At least I didn’t see Lady in the Water.

Fortunately this weekend was VERY well planned out. Louie called me, 18 hour advance notice, that he needed a partner for a canoe race. Mind you I’ve never stepped foot in a canoe nor paddled anything other then a roommate. So lo and behold I said yes and Louie and I were set for the Paddle and Portage, more information here http://www.sportsinwisconsin.com/paddle/index.php. Needless to say we came in dead last in our group, 241st out of the roughly 280 that actually finished the course. Our time was an 1:15 for the 1.5 paddle, 1.5 portage and then another 1.5 paddle. My body still hates me for this weekend. Later that night we soothed our aches with heavy doses of vodka. See the pictures http://www.stadix.net/gallery/v/Paddle2006/. Unfortunatley I did not get any pictures of all the guns.

Thankfully we woke up the next day and went boating with the Perri’s. I tried water skiing for the first time ever as well. My body was not happy with this and with my lungs filled with water I was able to get up once for a total of 3 seconds. It was pretty awesome, but now I can barely move a leg. I didn’t get any pictures me tumbling around in the water. However, I did get some pictures of some very pretty girls, check them out here http://www.stadix.net/gallery/v/BoatingwPerris/. So it’s been quite the busy AND FUN weekend.

I’ve lived in the Madison area for about 3 years now and last night was definitely a culmination of events. My friend, Woody, came in from California and we decided to hit up a couple bars after the reception. Woody in his nicely pressed shirt and tie and me in my AC/DC shirt there was bound to be trouble on the horizon. So Johnny O’s was of course dead at the time so we skimpered our way over to Brother’s which was pretty decent. A few ladies braved the weather and wore the way too short skirts. Then of course you had the over 40 crowd sporting their clipart tattoos.

We then hit the Red Shed were Woody had to use the bathroom, or the hole in the ground that everybody pisses in. Notably the most disgusting bathroom in all of Madison. Needless to say we ended up back at Johnny O’s. But before we went in, we had D.D.C.T-E.N.T. throwing out mad beats on their $25 boombox. Woody told them he was from Cali and asked if they’d like to come out sometime. It was priceless and we picked up two copies of their CD. Please support them, they need all the help they can get, DDCT. We went in, grabbed a couple drinks and we were outside for a smoke when we saw this guy being belittled by this girl since he thought she looked 32, rightfully so, but was really 25. They continued to harass this poor guy and then made some comments to us, may have been flirting.

We went back inside and ended up talking to them shortly when the fiesty one decides she wants shots and us to pay for it. GOLD DIGGER ALERT! Woody pulled out his wallet and took action, a couple seconds after the shots they were gone. Woody decided we needed to center ourselves, so we went for another smoke. Well Janet (32 year-old looking gold digger) and Amber decided they would do the same. Well this time Amber’s boyfriend came with her and shortly Janet’s boyfriend came outside. Probably since Janet was flirting with us. Well I laid into her about getting free dirnks etc etc. She went from fiesty to I’m cute and innocent trying to play it off. Didn’t work with me, so I continued my barrage and everyone laughed it off.

Bar time hit and no sooner we saw the couples walking behind us and Janet came over. She gave me a hug and I asked for her phone number. This is the best part. Instead of just saying no or denying me, she says she can’t because her boyfriend is right there. That’s a strong relationship! At that point Woody called me one mean drunk. Then we ran into a bachelorette party who had two suckers to sell. The bride-to-be was 21 and I proceeded to tell her that she was too young to throw her life away, but since she was from Wisconsin that’s probably all right. Her friends had the most horrified look on their face: priceless. I did buy the two suckers in case you were wondering and they sucked.

The night ended with Ian’s pizza and a cab, what more could you want.