I realize it may be difficult for some of you to handle such a monumental change, but I want to make note that this posting is officially just one week after my last one which probably has never happened before.
There are two interesting things worth noting in this blog. The first, and probably a little more exciting was that me and some buddies went paintballing this weekend out near Salem, OR. After driving over the hills and through the fields (literally) we finally came across the outdoor paintball facility. To prove I'm not lying, I included a picture of the fields on the way to the paintball place.
Once we got there we had a blast. Each one of us had a couple of good rounds. One of my buddies, Wade, is basically crazy. In one round I was crouching in a ditch, tagged his teammate, so he runs at me, jumps in the ditch with me, as we shoot each other the entire time. In another round I snuck up behind him from 10 feet away and yelled 'Surrender!' because I would have lit him up. At first he turned around to see if he could fight (never one to surrender) but after he realized my superior positioning, called it good.
Of course that's not to say Wade didn't get some revenge of his own. In one round I took someone out, but when the other team discovered my position in a ditch, I decided it wise to vacate immediately. Problem being my old tennis shoes didn't have the greatest traction, and I tripped on the ditch wall, falling face flat against the ground. Wade then proceeded to shoot my overly exposed rear-end several times. What goes around comes around...
Lastly, I gotta give a shout out to Spencer, who went for the first time (at least real paintballing), wore a white shirt and khakis in the forest, didn't get the satisfaction of hitting anyone, and managed to break his toe on a hidden rock during one of the matches. Hope it didn't ruin your first paintball experience. Here's a picture from the crew, you can see Spencer in the back propping his broken body up against two other people.
The second bloggable point I thought was interesting was several weeks back I was on a plane with someone who works at Starbucks, who told me about how these two guys had gone and met with the CEO of Starbucks about some water company they started, and that Howard (the CEO) liked it so much, bought the company on the spot and was going to distribute the water through Starbucks. When I walked into Starbucks, I saw the bottled water, called Ethos Water, which donates 5% of profits to children around the world to improve clean water. Amazing how socially conscious bottled water can influence people. It just tastes so much better when you're helping people doesn't it...check out their site at www.ethoswater.com to read more about their story.
This week I'm headed out to Lake Placid with Greg and his wife Julia, the former location of the Olympic Games...tight!
Field on the Way to Paintball
Paintball Crew
Did you stay at Paridise Point in San Diego? I was at a conference back in April and you're pictures look familiar.
I think everytime I shot Bryan it was while he was running away. He did however get the closest shot on me while I was about 5 ft away(broke the skin and left a large welt) it was however when I was rushing him; plus he is the only person to ever get me to surrender. I felt pretty pathetic after that. All around it was a great experience.
Who's the ski jumper? Greg? Bryan?...Julia? =)
In all seriousness was there a way that normal people could go down one of the ramps into the pool? That'd be sweet.
All right back to work for me.
Our Credit Union's on board with a $5,000 donation to the Red Cross' Hurricane Relief Fund plus we're setting up money donation boxes. We'd be more than happy if you can beat that!!!
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