2003-07-22 22:27:02

I am happy to say that I survived my bachelor party this past weekend (at some point it was coined Pattypalooza). I had such a great time hanging out with my boys. The weather could not have been more perfect, and we had a beautiful piece of land that Erik Thing's uncle found for us. Take a look at the Pattypalooza Gallery.

We got to the site around 5:00pm on Friday. We set up camp and tapped the first keg of the weekend. It didn't take us very long to polish off a bottle of Stoli and start in on the keg stands. Every single person that was there that night did at least one keg stand. Andy M and Micah went head-to-head for the championship.

Saturday morning and afternoon was spent nursing hangovers (mostly by drinking beer), playing assorted lawn games, and off-roading. We tapped into our second keg some time around 1:00pm. Some folks took off and went home and new peeps came. Somewhere in the mid-afternoon, I was chained to a bowling ball and told that Fran was the only one who had the key. I kept the ball on for as long as I could before unscrewing it, but the chain stayed on for the rest of the weekend. We ate steaks, attempted to play beer hunter, collaborated on a few engineering projects, and I took a beer shower.

Early Sunday afternoon, we packed up the camp and headed home. Everyone seemed to have a good time and got along really well. I would just like to thank all the people that worked on organizing, planning, and attending this great event. You guys are the best.

-Pat