I woke up Wednesday morning and even then could I sense how dope the weekend would turn out. After having snagged the proper funding from the units I struck out into downtown Seattle to take care of business, most notably buying some new socks, having a quick session and hanging out with the lady. I only ended up spending some time with my girlfriend, but as it was, no complaints. Any plans I had with other local footbaggers that day fell through, save for Reilley making his way to my house at around eight in the PM. Reilley and I maxed out, indulging in some shred videos and a short session at the nearby tennis courts.
Time wore on, and eventually we were ripped from our session to go pick up the "surprise guests" David Clavens and Alex Strassman at the airport. We arrived there and managed to meet up with our guests. After hopping back into my dad's car, we made our way to pick up my sister from a friend's house, resulting in a tiny car filled with six people plus one antsy dog.
We got home and quickly it became apparent that the Lavers were expected to be strapped on. I guess even a six hour flight can't dull the Cleaver's blades. We ripped it in my house for about a half an hour or so before calling the session. Neither of us played fantastically, but it was a trip finally meeting and shredding with someone I've known for a year or two. It says a lot when that sort of transition is so seamless.
It was a relief finding out that Dave was actually funny as hell and not some uptight hodad.
Not that I had my doubts, but you know...After shredding we tried to make it to bed but apparently not only is Dave a good hacky sack player, but a devastating Pokemon lister. All four of us stayed up until around 4:30 in the morning attempting to name all one fitty one. When we woke up at 7:30 in the morning the next day we pretty much felt like hell froze over. After dealing with the sleeping beast and her temper tantrums about us using her shower, we made it out the door, hopped on a bus downtown, and walked to the train station. The train ride down was pretty lackluster. We attempted to get some sleep after being dead from the night before, but to little avail. The appeal of naming as many pokemon as possible obsessively is strong in some.
I'll update more later, now that I have the formalities out of the way. Next up: later that day and the first epic shred circle of the tournament and later crashing at Red's house.
