weak in the tweak: DAMIMT DAMMIT DAMMIT

it has been brought to my attention that i haven't posted for almost 2 months. big surprise. well, stuff has been happening, here's some examples:

Saturday, June 6th: went fishing on beaver lake in issaquah with oneshot and snowman. one fish was caught. exciting! this was a good trip for the canoe though, we made an anchor using a milk jug and gravel. another milk jug is now used for the men's room. you ever try to pee out of a canoe? that milk jug is a life saver.

Friday, June 19th: i was working in ridgefield, wa on and off. ridgefield is about 30 miles north of portland and not too far from mt. st. helens. one day after work i checked out some of the lava tube caves and other stuff around helens. on friday the 19th we got rained out for work so i hiked solo to the crater of the volcano. it sucked. raining, windy, snowing at the top, visibility sucked, my hands went numb, etc., blah. anyways, i made it to the crater, which really isn't that impressive but given the shitty conditions, i'm gonna pat myself on the back. they only issue 100 permits a day. i talked to about 50 people that were on their way down as i was ascending and only about 4 people said they made it to the crater. see, i'm tough. visibility was so crappy that i nearly fell into the crater because i didn't realize i was at the top. EPIC. here's me at the crater, i forgot my jacket so i had to wear my work raingear.

June 20/21 Fathers Day at Black Lake:

NVD got me, oneshot, and snowman access to the uber elite Hancock logging land where we fished at Black Lake. NVD caught a 21" rainbow here earlier in the week, but we weren't so lucky. overall i caught 4 rainbow trout with the biggest one being about 12", so not too mega. i ate it anyways. the other dudes had a little less luck than me. fathers day morn we got rained on, fished, and barely avoided getting in a fight at a fall city bar.