3 days until the next vacation. Ah, now that's more like it. Ames rented a sweet beachside condo for the 9 of us; I can't wait. I just hope it gets sunny sometime soon--this rain would put a real damper on a few days at the beach. I would be forced to resort to driving into Mexico for my good times :) Wait, that sounds fun, hopefully I'll do that anyway. Side Note: I haven't really tested the 'vacation counter on the top of this page. I wonder if it will start counting down negatively; wow, what I will do to avoid thinking about work.

Last Night's Dream - I travelled to the Falkland Islands, where I met Peter Faulk of course. I promptly saved his life by catching him when he fell off a ladder. But I couldn't say thank you because I couldn't understand the quasi-european language spoken in 'Faulkland'. The dream ended w/ me getting kicked off a bus in between the two major cities of Faulkland for arguing with the bus driver. Wow, I must have been pretty relaxed last night to have a dream that creative...

Man I am a thug. Straight up. But there's still something wrong with this picture. I'm not wearing a toga.

Week Recap: Downtown Fri: My film camera is busted because I sat it on the car roof while Chuck arranged an "ass grab for beer" trade with some girl in a parking lot. Lake Travis Sat: Kyon's party boat, look at this fun posted from Kyon's Boat Party Pics. Mid-week: First date with Deanna Marie (!) Fri: Garnass-palooza at Jason's house. And finally, pictures from Saturday night's Toga Party. You will see plenty of debauchery. Then again, debauchery is the norm for me I suppose. Deanna and Paula came along and helped me realize my dream of walking into a NI party with 2 girls--something that has been whispered about but never before accomplished. For those nosy and interested but not present parties: Deanna's the one smiling in the forground of most of these pics :)

Ok, you want 'em, you got 'em! There are 118 Pictures in 4 chunks, or you can wait until I see you next; and then you will get the hi-res pictures from my mac. But for those of you who I don't see all the time... Enjoy!

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FYI - About 2/3 of these pictures came out of my camera, and the other 1/3 from Tom and Laura.

That about sums up my activity this week. I checked out 'The Chronicles of Riddick' and 'The Day After Tomorrow', both of which I liked. Mostly because the special effects were awesome in both movies. And believe it or not, I think the Vin Diesel movie had the better plotline of the two. Who woulda thought? And besides, it leads to all sorts of interesting questions like: "What would I do with a army of darkness?" Oh yeah finally made it out to Bone Daddy's BBQ this week also. Plenty of ditzy 16 year olds in tight clothes, hmmmm I'm not quite sure how I feel about that. (But it's not all together a bad feeling) Wow what a boring weblog entry compared to jungle adventures. I think my soul is dying, thank you office job.

Wow, ok so the last night in San Jose (Costa Rica, not California) was spectacular. Tom and I were prepared to rage until dawn; and that is just what we did! We caught a cab over to San Pedro, the college district of San Jose, and visited 'La Calle'. It was swarming w/ college age ticos and ticas. After waiting 45 minutes in line at a club; we got in and got our drink on. From accross the room sat two amzaingly attractive blond girls that proceeded to stare at us flirtatiously. (put this in perspective; we saw 3 blonds in total the whole night) We managed not to talk to them; but when we saw them at another bar an hour later we did not make the same mistake twice. I was playing interpeter between the four of us; and managed to get them to drive us to 'El Pueblo'--the dance club area of town that does not close as far as we could tell. From then on, these beauties got us in 7-8 clubs with VIP treatment: no waiting in line or paying covers for us, we were with girls that every bouncer wanted in their clubs. We danced the night away, the perfect ending to an amazing trip to Costa Rica. But sadly, the taxi cab DID get us to the airport, and the plane home WAS on time. Crap. Oh well. Thanks for the memories Costa Rica!

Ok, well the days of bus riding and 4x4ing are over! Tom and I just arrived at the costa rican backpacker's hostel in San Jose and we are catching our flight back home tomorrow afternoon. It's been quite a ride. Here's the scoop on La Fortuna. It's a perfect little tourist town. We went out to the hot springs which were amazing. The water was super hot and had a lot of force after falling down a waterfall--free massage. After that, we managed to rally and make it to the largest discotec in rural costa rica. It was crazy good times, Tom and I tried the salsa and Laura picked up a few ticos. Afterwards, we went out at 3am and watched the lava flow from the volcano. It was difficult because it was cloudy but we managed to see it! This morning, Laura went on a separate trip to Monteverde while Tom and I tried out Canyoneering--this morning I was rapelling down a waterfall in the jungle. :) Besides a few scrapes and bruises and a busted disposable camera, it was a complete success. Tonight we plan on hitting San Jose hard and 'raging' till dawn. Will be back on US soil next time I write. Unless something goes pleasantly arye...

Not a whole lot interesting has happened in the past 2 days, and the end of our trip is soon approaching. First, our plane flight out of Puerto Jiminez was canceled. So we decided to drive with Roy back to San Jose. By 'we driving' i mean 'Tom driving'. So we braved the 6 hour highway full of juecas (potholes) and slow trucks on steep and rainy mountain passes and lived to tell the tale. We got lost in San Jose driving around the downtown area, but we managed to drop the car off and get that taken care of. The drivers down here are frickin insane. 2 cars and a motorcycle in one lane at once, que loco. From there, we looked up our favorite cabby Sammy and he happily drove us up to La Fortuna, a small tourist city just beneath the Arenal Volcano. This morning we woke up and went white water rafting on a class 3-4 in which we were all dumped out of the raft briefly. good times :) We plan on finishing the trip with the 9 hot spring pools and lava-heated river tonight, a bit of 'canyoning' and waterfall hiking tomorrow, and a late cab/bus back to San Jose to then catch our Sunday flight. It's been tons of fun, just need more time :) (and more money, damn you Las Vegas...)

ok heres what has happened in the past few days. Tom and i found roy, roy is a costa rican guy that does some freelance tours on the side. he talked us into this crazy plan (which we executed). We rent a 4-wheel drive mini suv, we drive it out to penninsula de osa. the drive was 6 hours over pothole hell. including another hour long 4 wheel trail to the parque nacional de corcavado. tom rocks and did all the driving. on the way, we stopped at a fishery that had alligators in the back yard, and we got to grab the tail of the alligator while it was eating a fish. if this sounds incoherent, it is because after we got to the park, we backpacked 48 kilometers in 2 days. we have seen all sorts of crazy animals, and lots of jungle. and lots of beach, and lots of bugs. i shall hereafter name the adventure: Tapir Hunt. lots of walking, and we camped at sirena inside the park. more to come on all the animals. on to the future--catching an early plane out of big city, costa rica (puerto jiminez) and flying to san jose. from there we are heading to la fortuna and hopefully will hit the hot springs. ok, im pleasantly exhausted, laters.

Ok not much time but here´s the lowdown: one part south beach in miami, one part smooth plane flight, one part awesome taxi ride from sammy, one part crazy beach party, one part surfing walls of death, and one part manuel antonio national park. tom is crazy and in sunburn denial. i have a yellowish bugbite on my arm i got in the jungle. we are travelling w/ a girl laura met that is from austin, though we are going separate ways tomorrow. oh yeah i saw a sloth and 30 howler monkeys jumping over our heads. uh what else... going to penninusala de osa tomorrow if we can find a bus or taxi. road is full of poisnous snakes. will buy a machete. having a blast!!!

Come one come all, relive the experience of Las Vegas; Start the slide show fun here. Enjoy great mountains of glory, and great valleys of sorrow (i.e. 3x credit card cash advance). But when all is said and done, Vegas allows you to live a week's worth of vacation in a matter of days. ...sigh... Now, to collect my Costa Rica funds.