That was a nice little unplanned 3-day weekend. \u00a0I kicked it off Thursday night, going out with a few guys after work. \u00a0As we sat around discussing the state of world affairs, the topic somehow swung to weekend plans, and one of the guys mentioned he took the day off Friday to go fishing. \u00a0Well, I just so happen to have more vacation than I know what to do with, so I took the day off and weaseled my way onto his boat too. \u00a0I’m not really much of a fisherman, as the other guys on the boat found out pretty quickly. \u00a0I’ve never even used a baitcast reel before, and when I heard what they cost I was somewhat afraid to try. \u00a0I couldn’t figure out the magical loop system used to put the bait on either, so they had to bait my hook for me every time like a 3rd grade girl. \u00a0Oh well, that way I didn’t have to touch the icky bait. \u00a0I ended up getting skunked on the fish, which was no surprise really. \u00a0As a matter of fact, the fishing was pretty slow for the whole boat, the group only caught two salmon and one steelhead over the six hours we floated around. \u00a0You can bet it was funner than sitting in my cubicle all day though.<\/p>\n
Saturday we attended the fifth annual blind beer tasting up at our friends Michael & Alaina’s house. \u00a0This was the third time we’d been, and it just keeps getting bigger and better every year. \u00a0This year even featured official commemorative tasting glasses; \u00a0Fancy! \u00a0They had three stations set up, and we enjoyed several hours of sampling. When all the entries had been tried, everyone marked down their scores and a winner was determined. \u00a0Some lame cider-ish brew won, blech. \u00a0Oh well, different tastes for different folks I guess. \u00a0It was a good time at any rate.<\/p>\n