A U G U S T 0 3
August was the month where the Okay Samurai CD "The Possibility War" was released, Dave moved back home from Baltimore, and Andrew had a crazy birthday. There were a couple of old creative writing stories - The Shape of Footprints and Instrument. Dave answered the friday five and started the first and last installment of Baja Fresh Photon Cannons. Eugene talked about the Okay Samurai Baltimore Reunion. Jeff enjoyed the new CD and apologized for his beer pong performance at Don's party. There were also some summer photos, including the famous "Mike drinks beer from a coffee pot" photo.
Potential, Potential, Kinetic!
Yesterday was Andrew's 22nd birthday. Continuing the tradition of giving each other ridiculous gifts, I gave him a subscription to Gamepro magazine (that's 12 issues of hot video game tips straight from the pros!). We started off the day at Burke Lake Park, playing through their new miniature golf course and rocking the driving range. And who just happens to be a few spaces over from us but one Donald Sanford Simpson. Don has come a long way from his swings off the deck in Baltimore - he was crushing everything in a never-ending quest to hit the cart that picks up the golf balls. Andrew was doing great too, whereas I've probably regressed since the deck (gotta keep that left arm straight).
We went back home, and Don and Eugene showed up a few hours later for a surprise musical extravaganza. We played through every old song we could possibly think of, usually taking a few minutes to remember the chords. Sniff, just like old times. Later on, Andrew got a Lego snowboarding set as a present. It has a launcher the shoots the lego snowboarder up a ramp. So, over the course of 15 minutes, the band did the following: successfully landed several jumps, launched only a torso and a head, used a lego basketball kit to shoot and make a basket with the airborne snowboarder, did a rail slide, cleared the dinner table, skimmed Andrew's forehead, stacked two riders on top of each other, modified the launcher to shoot the snowboarder even farther, decapitated another lego guy with the launched snowboard, landed a launched lego basketball in Don's cup and did some crazy flips and 360s. All in all, it put my Gamepro gift to shame, but my Ben Park impressions for Eugene made up for it...happy birthday lil' bro!
20 days until Atlanta, and I've still got a bunch of things to pack, furniture to paint, people to visit and stuff to buy. As this summer draws to a close, I'd have to say that this has been one of the best summers in recent memory. I'm glad summer school didn't work out - I needed this break. Andrew in Baltimore for a month. Going to the beach twice. Dry ice bombs with Nick. Seeing the whole Okay Samurai crew together. Golfing off the deck and at Burke Lake. Making bad Lord of the Rings jokes with Jeff at Don's party. Making the CD. Music, especially when I would play the Konami song I'm working on twice within the timespan of fifteen minutes - once with Mike and once with Andrew. Video games, especially the late night dinosaur sniper battles with Andrew and Mike. Movies, reading, writing, drawing, trampoline, and only losing two games of air hockey over the entire summer (both against Andrew). It was the last chance to enjoy everything before moving ten hours away from my best friends and family going into a full-time grad school. It was perfect.
Sunday, August 31 at 2:01 PM
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