On Friday I went to the beach and played some volleyball with some fun people with some fun accents. I like playing with this group. They make me feel like I'm the best volleyball player ever.
On Saturday, Carpinteria had a car show, and a parade, and an outdoor movie night in the local park. My roommate was in the car show with his 72 Maverick. It was really cool to listen to him talk to local car nuts about car things that I know nothing about. After the car show was the parade. It wasn't fancy or anything, but it was nice. There were kids, and tractors, and fire trucks. Just your typical small town USA parade made special because it was my town. Outdoor movies in the park happen once a week during the summer. They inflate this giant screen and project the movie onto it. We watched Avatar. Upcoming movies are: The Princess Bride, How to Tame Your Dragon, Tangled, and The Sandlot. I'm more excited about those movies than I was about Avatar, but you have to go big for the first movie night, so I understand why they chose Avatar.
On Sunday I spent most of the entire day at my friend's house playing with Legos. We set out to build the Millenium Falcon faster than anyone else. A team of seven Germans built it in just under three hours. We had 5 people. Even after calculating the time difference because of the different team size, we didn't come close. However, it was really fun to hang out and build Legos and talk about nerdy things. After six hours and twenty minutes of building, a couple of missing pieces, and a few dozen extra(?) pieces, we finished.
Monday, I went to the beach to hang out with some friends that were having a potluck. There were thousands of people there and an inversely proportional amount of parking spaces. After parking a comically far distance away (from The Habit on Milpas to the pier: 1.5 miles), I walked over to where the party was. The logic was that it was a nice day for a walk, so I didn't mind parking far away. Also, the parking spot I found was right next to the freeway onramp. The last time I tried to go to the beach on the 4th of July, I got stuck on side streets for an hour with a thousand other lost souls.
It was really fun hanging out with this group. They're a lively bunch. The most common question I was asked was, "Did you bring cookies?" The second most common, "How is fund raising going?" I thought about bringing cookies, but didn't this time, and fund raising is going slowly. Right now, I'm waiting to hear from my church. They told me they want to support me, but haven't said how much. If they don't feel like breaking the bank for me, then I might have to take up my friend's offer of doing a paddle-a-thon. She's on the paddling team (like canoeing, but different), and offered to sponsor me if I did it. The last time I did an anything-a-thon was a jog-a-thon in elementary school. I remember my parents regretting giving me a per lap amount instead of a flat amount because I ran so much that day. If the paddle-a-thon happens, I'll probably make my friends regret giving me a per mile amount. ;)
The fireworks were amazing, and we were practically right underneath them which added to the fun. After the show, we hung out for twenty minutes to let the crowd disperse. It's been a fun weekend.
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