The trip to Michigan and Ohio and various other places was crazy. Jacob Wells, may you rest in peace with God whom you newly found just in time. My birthday was great, hungout with Devin some and then with Corinne. It was all good until her and I were walking out in front of the pavilion in the parking lot and a cop yelled at me from a balcony to take my hat off. Mind you this was the hat Devin and I had just purchased that morning and I made a Florida stencil and freehanded 941 on the front with Sharpie. Anyways the hat happened to be a red trucker hat so he yelled at me saying "you can't fly colors in public parks" or some BS. I though he was yelling at me about my Subway cup for having a straw and lid at the beach so I just said that we were leaving. He yelled even louder and I swear he reached for his taser hahaha. "TAKE IT OFF!" That was a bummer but oh well, some cops are just on powertrips in this town. Do I really strike you as a gang member? Seriously? Oh well, Corinne and I said our "goodbyes" at an access and I headed off to the village to fill up my SW cup. Walked to Devin's then we went to Target and Marshall's. Came home and went to Burrito's with the family and then came home and watched some Burn Notice that I missed and the new episode. Pretty exciting day I guess?
The housing for the 30D works, the bimini has been fixed, both speakers work, fixing the other shortboard tomorrow once I find some extra hardware, a little bit more packing and we are off to KEY WEST!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Anna Maria Island
Was so much fun today.
Left at a little before 10 so Oliver could go to a dentist appointment (poor guy found out he has a cavity). I hadn't gotten breakfast so I skated over to McDonald's to get a breakfast burrito, hash brown, and a sweet tea. Man, I forgot how badly my stomach settles after McD's breakfast ( I wouldn't have recommended using the Big Lots! bathroom for an hour or so). Then I skated back over to Oliver's Xterra and set my phone and wallet on the front of the winch (I later found out that was a big mistake) and messed around trying some shuvs. Oliver comes out and we left to go to Speedway gas sation and apparently I found out later that my wallet fell off at that point in front of the station. Fortunately I grabbed my phone before but forgot the wallet somehow. Then we were off on our way to AMI! We got a little lost because Mapquest doesn't Exactly know Travis' little neighborhood offshoot but we found it eventually. After meeting him and his Mom is when I went back to the car and realized that I lost my wallet. Called my Mom up and she was on it. So thanks to every one involved in that including my Mom, Dad, Aunt Kathy, and most importantly, Richard Purdy for having the integrity to pick it up off the road and call up the first Kornhaus he found in the phonebook. It took a little bit to get his boat started but I got it eventually and then we were off! We ended up riding in a channel but it was so much fun, Travis shreds with such nice style. After we were done there we went back to his house and then went to Subway and used our "bottomless cups" and Oliver paid for my 6 incher, thanks buddy, and got to hear some interesting stories from some stoners near us... Then we tried to winch in front of a like apartment complex but after Travis took one quick run some foreign guy trying to act like the manager gave us the nix and we had to peace out. I tried to be nice and pick up a crushed Bud Light that someone littered with near where we had the winch set up and threw it away but then realized that the guy probably thought I was drinking it earlier....great. We then drove around and just as I turned the music up to kick back Travis spotted a nice little what I would call an unfinished canal back on a road. It was saltwater<3 Perfect set up (Travis you need to get a rail in there). After shredding there for awhile we dried off and packed up and dropped Travis off and said our goodbyes then headed off down to Longboat to retrieve my wallet. After getting directions from a raspy-voiced chain smoker we found the Publix that Richard, the guy who picked up my wallet, worked at back in the meat department. He gave it back to me then I realized that I need his address to send him a thank you card and after I got it and after I bought Ollie an Arizona we headed home. Showered off then went to Moe's. Then to Livingston's to punch the bag, that thing is rigged even though I didn't do too bad Quinton was getting gypped. Then some shenanigans were happening throughout the ride home and cruisingf around the Key and of course some "HEY GIRL!"s were thrown in.
Overall, I love God, life, family, friends, wakeskating, kind people, and oppurtunities like the ones I am blessed with.
Left at a little before 10 so Oliver could go to a dentist appointment (poor guy found out he has a cavity). I hadn't gotten breakfast so I skated over to McDonald's to get a breakfast burrito, hash brown, and a sweet tea. Man, I forgot how badly my stomach settles after McD's breakfast ( I wouldn't have recommended using the Big Lots! bathroom for an hour or so). Then I skated back over to Oliver's Xterra and set my phone and wallet on the front of the winch (I later found out that was a big mistake) and messed around trying some shuvs. Oliver comes out and we left to go to Speedway gas sation and apparently I found out later that my wallet fell off at that point in front of the station. Fortunately I grabbed my phone before but forgot the wallet somehow. Then we were off on our way to AMI! We got a little lost because Mapquest doesn't Exactly know Travis' little neighborhood offshoot but we found it eventually. After meeting him and his Mom is when I went back to the car and realized that I lost my wallet. Called my Mom up and she was on it. So thanks to every one involved in that including my Mom, Dad, Aunt Kathy, and most importantly, Richard Purdy for having the integrity to pick it up off the road and call up the first Kornhaus he found in the phonebook. It took a little bit to get his boat started but I got it eventually and then we were off! We ended up riding in a channel but it was so much fun, Travis shreds with such nice style. After we were done there we went back to his house and then went to Subway and used our "bottomless cups" and Oliver paid for my 6 incher, thanks buddy, and got to hear some interesting stories from some stoners near us... Then we tried to winch in front of a like apartment complex but after Travis took one quick run some foreign guy trying to act like the manager gave us the nix and we had to peace out. I tried to be nice and pick up a crushed Bud Light that someone littered with near where we had the winch set up and threw it away but then realized that the guy probably thought I was drinking it earlier....great. We then drove around and just as I turned the music up to kick back Travis spotted a nice little what I would call an unfinished canal back on a road. It was saltwater<3 Perfect set up (Travis you need to get a rail in there). After shredding there for awhile we dried off and packed up and dropped Travis off and said our goodbyes then headed off down to Longboat to retrieve my wallet. After getting directions from a raspy-voiced chain smoker we found the Publix that Richard, the guy who picked up my wallet, worked at back in the meat department. He gave it back to me then I realized that I need his address to send him a thank you card and after I got it and after I bought Ollie an Arizona we headed home. Showered off then went to Moe's. Then to Livingston's to punch the bag, that thing is rigged even though I didn't do too bad Quinton was getting gypped. Then some shenanigans were happening throughout the ride home and cruisingf around the Key and of course some "HEY GIRL!"s were thrown in.
Overall, I love God, life, family, friends, wakeskating, kind people, and oppurtunities like the ones I am blessed with.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Cherry Poppin'
She's a beauty but can be a bit shallow when you're done if you know what I mean.
In other news I bought the largest cup available at Subway since my last one seems to have been misplaced. Much gypping will be be occurring with that not so lil' guy. Also, with the help of Matt, I got the POS rail out of Ebay and brought it back to my house. It fell apart during removal so after it dries I will rebuild it and add PVC to it. Ebay is the most disgusting pond I've ever been in and I swear I saw a mutated fish 2 feet in front of me.
In other news I bought the largest cup available at Subway since my last one seems to have been misplaced. Much gypping will be be occurring with that not so lil' guy. Also, with the help of Matt, I got the POS rail out of Ebay and brought it back to my house. It fell apart during removal so after it dries I will rebuild it and add PVC to it. Ebay is the most disgusting pond I've ever been in and I swear I saw a mutated fish 2 feet in front of me.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Independence Day!
Today was great. Drove around with Oliver and after 5 visits to the hardware store I finally got my longboard fixed and then we went to Thomas' and watched the hot dog eating contest, 68 hot dogs is ridiculous... Then Ollie and I went to Subway and I used my "bottomless refill" cup (Oliver, I need to get that out of your cupholder so don't throw it away) there and he got a sub. Corey came in then we went to Turtle to offroad down an empty lot. Came back and picked Thomas and Angela up and chilled at Subway some more then Oliver and I peaced out and he dropped me off at the beach. I then realized I left my phone and wallet in his Xterra...so I definitely logged some miles on my longboard, unfortunately I'm always barefoot and strips of Higel don't feel too good. Then I cleaned the Maggio's pool and watered their plants and washed off then as I was longboarding to Oliver's I saw my first girlfriend at their neighbor's across the street...awkward. Oliver and I got some fireworks rounded up which we never ended up using except for those poppers that we threw at pedestrians as we drove past. Quinton showed up and put his cooler and skateboard in the back and we were set to go. Got to Siesta Market and bought some Mountain Dew and ice and then met up with Matt and parked at Glebe park and skated on over to the beach for fireworks. Since I had the longboard I put the cooler on there and leaned on it and pushed which actually helped me get going pretty fast. We got there and walked through Mexiville and posted up right up on the boundary line to the fireworks display and then some of us went around trying to bum food off people and steal leftovers. We never ended up getting any so we were pretty hungry. We went back and sat there for another hour or so and waited for it to start and when it finally did it was pretty good. That finale was banger. We peaced out as soon as it was over to beat the ped traffic and just cruised over to the empty lane and hauled ass in the same manner as before, that was pretty sketch, pushing a cooler on a longboard with barefeet on some wobbly trucks going fast in less than 2 feet of asphalt with oncoming traffic passing right by us. After a "HEY GIRL" we turned onto Glebe then went to Matt's so he could drop his truck off and then went off to Taco Bell. Some dumbass braked fast right in front of us and we almost rearended them but it was okay thanks to Oliver's speedy braking and fairly new brakes. We got there and just brought in the drinks we bought earlier and waited in line and then a kid from my Digital Design class came in there baked, "Mexican pizza....they can do that?!" Then after we ate some of it we drove home. I felt bad for Quinton, he had a lot of traffic to go through to get home. Overall there were lots of "HEY GIRL"s today and lot's of chillin'.
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