A nice little Saturday...and Friday, and Sunday

Jason had a nice little weekend.

On Friday, Terence, his old chum from Boise who is Can-asian-dian arrived on a train just in time to enjoy the 7502 Winona Oktoberfest 2006: This time it's Personal party. The part went well (we won't talk about David's salt spilling, fire lighting issues, or accidental self-mutilation beforehand nor the open propane tank in the backyard--the latter was a nice conversation piece actually), even though there was a random visit by a guy who claimed to be a neighbor and urinated on a van on his way out.

At 7:15am Saturday morning, Jason's mom Debbie picked him up and they together drove to Snohomish, strapped themselves to two men they just met, and jumped out of a plane at 13,000 feet. Fortunately, they only fell really fast for about 8,000 feet and that part was really cool. Once the parachute opened up, it was a great day to view the Canadian Rockies, Cascades, Olympics, Mount Baker, Mount Ranier, Seattle, the San Juans, and even Mount St Helens on the way down. Holy crap is this state gorgeous.

Seriously, if you're even the slightest bit inclined to go skydiving, go tandem with the guys at Skydive Snohomish. They do great work.

Later in the afternoon, Seth, Jason, and David went to the UW-UCLA football match. After a rough 0-16 start, the Dawgs rode Isaiah Stanback's arm and legs (248 yards total offense, out of 249 for the team) to a 29-19 win.

Basically, Saturday alone would have made for a great weekend. But wait, there's more (is anyone still reading?).

The Woodland Cosmos kicked off their game at 1pm, as the Seahawks were getting underway in Seahawk Stadium. Before Matt Hasselbeck had thrown an interception on the first play from scrimmage, the 13 year olds turned a terrific combination of teamwork anf finishing into a 1-0 lead. Be the time the 'Hawks had a 21-0 lead, the boys had buttoned up a 3-0 win over the Shoreline Green Twisters. Editors note: We know you don't care about U-14 boys soccer, but Jason coaches the team, so we let it go

Jason returned home to watch the Seahawks complete the stomping of the Giants. Postgame was a trip to Ivar's on Lake Union for happy hour snacks with Saira, Dr. Sal, and Kris Abbasey-a great way to wrap up one heck of a weekend. Nobody even had to call the cops.