We ordered Netlix last weekend and received our first three movies on Tuesday. We paid for the full service so we can have three movies at a time, send any of them back, and then get new ones from our want list. It's a pretty cool service and was recommended to me first by Jess. A couple of others have also recommended it to me since then so we finally checked out the website.

We watched National Treasure earlier this week and right now we are watching Hide and Seek, which is a pretty good movie.

Assuming we can find the time to watch the movies, I think it will be well worth the $17.99 a month. Next up, Lemony Snicket and Billion Dollar Baby. :)

Went last Sunday and been meaning to post. The fair always happens this time of year in Puyallup, Washington. It's one of the biggest fairs on the West Coast and also one of the most expensive I assume. :? Hadn't been there for a few years.

We looked at animals (my wife loves horses), rode on rides, ate some food, and played some games. The look on my daughters face when she won a little stuffed seal all by herself playing one of the games was priceless. My son won at the same game and got a seal too but he was ready to move on to the next game. "Can I throw a beanbag at the cans dad?"

At one point, a guy with a micophone came up to me and my son and asked if we wanted to be on the radio. We said sure so we were able to say our names and talk a little bit about the foot massager my son was using. Lasted all of about 15 seconds. It was a great time had by all. :)

I went shopping at Gamestop yesterday and today and made a few purchases. I wish I could have checked out a few more Gamestops in the area but I was starting to feel like I was getting too much... is that possible. ;)

Here is what I purchased:

Xbox

• Medal of Honor: Frontline
• Otogi: Myth of Demons
• Conker: Live & Reloaded
• Forgotten Realms Demon Stone
• Full Spectrum Warrior
• Legacy of Kain: Defiance
• The Suffering
• Ghost Recon: Island Thunder
• Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Gamecube

• Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Playstation

• Clock Tower 3
• Obscure
• Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal
• Dynasty Warriors 4
• Silent Hill 3

GBA

• Astro Boy: Omega Factor
• Spyro 2: Season of Flame
• Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
• Warioland 4
• Megaman Battle Network Blue and White

Seems like quite a variety huh? :D

Games I have been looking for but can't find used yet are the Fatal Frame games, Dead of Alive Ultimate, Metroid Prime 2, Paper Mario 2, and Devil May Cry 3. God of War is still a little too expensive, even used.

Purchased these games with the buy two, get one free deal at Gamestop which goes until the end of tomorrow. They also are taking up to 40% more for trade-in value. Check it out if you like! :)

Talk with everyone later. Peace...

I had allergies really bad on Sunday. I sneezed more than I ever have before. I thought they were allergies at least but today I have been getting a sore throat and feeling some fatigue. I suppose I could blame it on the partying over the weekend but it doesn't feel quite the same. I suspect that I may stay home from work tomorrow... depends on how I feel in the morning.

I hope everyone is doing well. :D

This weekend I am going camping again with family and friends... this will be the last camping trip of the year. But before we head camping, today and tonight we will be going to Bumbershoot. This is a music festival in Seattle that lasts all weekend. We will be seeing Garbage tonight "I think I'm paranoid...". Unfortunately have to get up very early tomorrow and get out of town... ugh. Probably be really tired. Chat with everyone again on Monday. :D

Peace and love...

I had a meeting today and we discussed who would attend the World Airline Entertainment Organization conference in Hamburg, Germany. http://www.waea.org/events/conference/2005/index.htm. They are sending two people. I would love to go to Europe again and visit Paris again. Things look positive and I should know soon. :D

Peeps, I have been meaning to update my journal with information about last weekend's camping trip but have been too lazy to upload the pictures. I was going to include a picture of my Gamecube and television in the tent trailer to show my true geekatude... bow before me lesser geeks. :P

Here is the story of the drunk bear at Baker Lake Resort (where we camped) from last summer http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-08-18-beer-bear_x.htm This place is located right next to Mt. Baker which looked beautiful from the boat on the lake (I'd show you but once again, I am too lazy).

btw, I will not be out of town this coming weekend because the weather is supposed to be bad. I'm okay with that because I like to be home.

For my next update, I will find another fun test for us all to take. :)

Peace and love...

Just so my friends know, I will be gone later today until Sunday evening. I'll be camping at Baker Lake in Northern Washington. Have fun while I'm gone. :D

Just bought a couple of CDs yesterday: Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business and Audioslave - Out of Exile.

No, no, no, no, don’t phunk with my heart

Baby, have some trustin', trustin'
When I come in lustin', lustin'
Cause I bring you that comfort
I ain’t only here cause I want ya body
I want your mind too
Interestin’s what I find you
And I'm interested in the long haul
Come on girl

-Black Eyed Peas - Don't Phunk with my Heart

I will be leaving later today to go camping. Going to a place called Winthrop in Northern Washington. The theme of the town is Western and I haven't been there since I was a kid.

I will be back Friday. I'll see/chat with everyone when I return... have a great time. :D

btw, I'm taking the Xbox... call me crazy. ;)

Day 1

We arrived at the trailhead at 10:30am and the five of us started up the trail on a sunny day. The trail climbs gradually through the woods along a stream. Then we hit the serious climbing. We climbed 2200 feet in 4.5 miles and arrived at Colchuck Lake. It was surrounded by mountains and we could see the pass we needed to climb the next day called Asgard Pass (1 mile, 2200 feet elevation gain).

Colchuck Lake from top of Asgard Pass

Day 2

We woke up to rain showers that turned into rain as we headed up Asgard Pass. It was a miserable day of hiking but at least we weren’t cooking in the sun. Took us 5 hours to go that one mile but we finally arrived at the top. We set up camp but had a difficult time keeping the tents in place because there were 70 mile per hour wind gusts all afternoon and night (we were at 7800 feet).

Me hiding under a rock from the rain.

Day 3

We woke up to beautiful weather the next day (which we had for the entire rest of the trip).

Dragontail Peak from our campsite early in the morning with the full moon above.

Isolation Lake from the campsite in the morning with Little Annapurna in the back.

Took a lot of pictures of the peaks and lakes and then most of us decided to climb Little Annapurna. This is when things got very strange. We got to the top and were sitting around when a woman came up the side of the mountain asking us to call 911… someone was hurt. We all tried to use our cell phones and another guy was able to get through using roaming. Then the guy that was with the girl came up to us to describe what had happened. Turns out he found a guy that had fallen down a snow slope and off a cliff on the mountain next to us and had slid out onto the ice on a lake. When he found him he was already dead… probably happened in the weather the day before. So the call no longer was about getting medical help but more about recovery. Unfortunately, one of our party went down the hill with the girl to help, we also had radioed one of our party back at camp to see if he could get help and one of our party had gone down the mountain to get help along the trail. So we were all separated.

Took us awhile to get back together and then we hiked on down the trail to our next camp spot at a place called Perfection Lake. During that evening we saw and heard the helicopter that took the man’s body off the mountain. It was strange but we all toasted our fellow hiker and wished his family well.

Mt. Rainier from the top of Little Annapurna.

Day 4

We woke up the next day with about 10 goats in our campsite. They like to eat urine if you can believe it so they are always waiting and searching. We were all pretty tired so we hung out in camp and took a nap until around noon and then we broke camp. It was hard to leave also because this was our best camp spot yet. We headed down the trail into possibly the most beautiful stretch of our trip but also possibly the most difficult section. I was so tired and my legs were so tired when we got to the next lake where we camped. Later that night, after we felt better, we grabbed our headlamps and decided to climb up a boulder field above the campsite. Probably wasn’t very smart but it was fun. :)

Goats by Perfection Lake.

Day 5

The next day we woke up early and headed down the trail. We had to drop 3700 feet to the parking lot which is the worst type of hiking for me. Downhill kills my legs and is why I am so sore today. After we got to our cars (and retrieved our cars at the other trail head since we did a loop) we went to Leavenworth (a Bavarian style town) and got a cheeseburger and fries. I had been craving it for a couple of days and it was the best ever.

Well, that's it... hope you enjoyed my story. :) Talk with everyone soon.

Peace and love.