Thursday, July 06, 2006
Doin' what I please
Current mood: happy
Category: Life

Life is gravy lately. I had a kickass birthday this past weekend, messed up in the woods on the river, just kickin' it with Jess and the fam. We drank one of those 'magnums' of wine each evening, topped off with cocktails from grandpa and more beer from the cooler. I might still be sobering up. :) The walks in the woods were pretty killer too.

Saturday night, after we'd arrived and set up our tent, Jess and I set out to walk the property and get baked as shit away from camp and the fam. (Hey, it was my birthday weekend - I don't condone it all the time... but camping birthday's are ok, right?) So, we headed out on the main trail. It was getting a bit dark, but there was still light in the sky. It was clear, stars were coming out, we'd had a magnum of wine, and life was pretty happy. The trail on our property winds along parallel to the river through a large grove of birch trees. Have you ever walked through a grove of birch trees before? The bark is next to white, and the foliage is emerald green. With the sun fading, the stars coming out, and darkness settling in upon us, it was as if we were walking through a fairy-inhabited forest. So freaking cool!

Anyways, that was just on the way out. After we'd arrived and inhaled our substance, life got even better. We were WAY more relaxed, and the forest just seemed alive with energy. It was definitely sending us good vibes, we're both sure of it. The trees just seemed to glow with greeness, and the bark stood out to direct us back to camp. We were laughing like drunk dumbasses all the way.

It was super cool, 'cause usually I'm afraid of the dark (yes, I'll admit it) and I didn't even freak out walking back to camp in the middle of the woods. How hilarious would I be if I ran flat out into camp, yelling at the top of my lungs for the 'boogey man' to stop chasing me? Given how stoned I was, it would have probably have been Jess. I think it helped that we didn't have a flashlight. We were walking around in the dark, and it just felt so much more open and safe without the light. We could actually see everything, whereas if we'd had a flashlight, our vision would have been impaired and we could have only seen what the light was shining on. That, and there was no light to make shadows, thus no scary shadows to spook the shit out of me.

Anyways, I'd say the only bad thing about the weekend was that we ran out of 'stuff' before we got home, so the hangover prevention/healing/cure was not available, and we did get a little grumpy towards the end there. That, and there was a horrid family reunion. I hate this side of my family's reunions. I mean, I don't mind talking with any of the old people, but the cousins who are my age suck balls. They all live close together, and interact daily, so they all have a ton of experiences together, which they talk about the whole day. Its like they're a pack, and I'm not one of them. I don't know them, and have pretty much given up trying. Maybe someday we'll all be cool and have a good time, but until that happens, there's definitely a huge void. We probably all need to get shitty together so we have something to talk about. Who knows? I just feel like I don't fit in, which I'm sure a lot of people feel when they attend an FFO, or Forced Family Outing. But whatever, we got to eat a ton of awesome food. I mean, there were like 8 pies!! 2 blueberry! (My favorite pie)

Anyways, I had 4th of July on Vashon, where Jess lives, and it was FREAKING AMAZING. That HANDS DOWN, was the longest, most awesome fireworks display I've ever seen, and I've seen A LOT of them. About fifteen minutes in, I leaned over to Jess, and was like:

"Dude, this has got to be the finale. Freaking awesome."

She leaned over a couple minutes later, and was like "Hey, do you feel like a dumbass for calling 'finale' yet?"

I did. The show went on for at least a solid 20 minutes, and I'm probably cutting that back. It was probably more like half an hour. SERIOUSLY. Amazing.

We crashed a party on some beach where there was a barge full of fireworks to be lit. There was a decent live band, a seafood buffet, and an open bar - not to mention all the hottie guys there drinking and lighting shit on fire. My kind of men! Just kidding. Anyways, it was awesome. We lit off a couple hundred dollars worth of fireworks (man those guys were nice to share, eh?) and drank and just partied on the beach. Spectacular.

One of the best 4th of July's ever. And I got a new pair of shoes for my birthday. Yay!