Archive for July, 2008

Perfume, and Dark Knight

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

After the camping trip, I took Monday off, and spent the day doing a lot of yard work, and feeling a bit of a sore throat coming on (something I was ignoring while camping). Still feeling questionable.
Tuesday night Kelly and I watched Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, based on a the novel by Patrick [...]

Camping (Bernie Man)

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

This weekend Kelly and I went camping at a friend’s property a little way south-east of Salem. The host (Bernard, aka Bernie) has a house and several acres along a clean, mountain-fed river, and invited a group to join him camping, swimming, and drinking beer. Both Kelly and I had a really good time catching [...]

Happy birthday T-dog

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

After spending the day working, I walked over to Tyson & Sujata’s (meeting Miranda and Brian on the way, since we live in the same neighborhood) for a party they were hosting to celebrate Tyson’s birthday. Had a really good time (as always) seeing everybody (which I will call ‘the gang’, also known as ‘the [...]

Portland International Beerfest, 2008

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Today after a few coworkers and I walked to the north park blocks for the Portland International Beerfest to sample some delicious beers from around the world. We all left work a bit early to get there in time to catch the ‘happy hour’ price, where we got an additional 5 tickets for the regular [...]

A recap, and some joker on the bus

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Yeah, it’s been that long. Keep meaning to write, just been busy.  Here’s a recap since my last post
July 4th
We held a really small BBQ for the Independence Day. Had a good time grilling meats and drinking beers, and were treated to a show as loads of people in my neighborhood tend to fire off [...]