Alright. Heres my Story. About a month ago, in May of 2000, I decided I needed to cut fast food and soda out of my diet (I know its pretty scary). My good friend SlapAyoda decided he wanted in on the action. So we made a bet, that we would not eat fast food, or drink soda from then on. Fast food being defined as a place that has a drive through, and soda as any drink with carbonation. I actually lasted 3 and a half weeks. (Yeah thats 23 days of pure hell) Until the fateful day of June 8th, 2000. I have been planning on going camping with my friends for about 3 months and I didnt realize our bet would overlap the camping trip (or the fact that Slap would last so long without fast food). Ok, SO.. I go camping to an indian reservation in Arizona, called Havasupi, which is located IN the south rim of the Grand Canyon. If you look at the above pictures you will agree with me that this is quite possibly the most attractive scenery one could possibly spend time in Northern America. We left Los Angeles at 4am Thursday June 8th. First let me emphasize our method of transportation. We had 1 truck, and SIX people. Basically this was accomplished by throwing all out backpacks in the bed of the truck and throwing a matress over the backpacks to lay on. 2 people in the front of the truck, one person right behind the seats, and 3 people laying 12 inches from the top of the truck cab while we drove to arizona for SEVEN hours. Needless to say it wasnt the most luxurios accomodations. Anyway, we get to the indian reservation, strap on our very heavy backpacks, and proceed to hike 12 miles which took FIVE hours. I will admit it was a very beautiful hike. If you've ever seen indiana jones and the last crusade and watch the last scene where they are walking down that canyon to the temple thingy, it basically looked like that with more plant life. We finally get to the campsite and go to sleep for the first night. The next day we wake up and start the wonderful process of unwinding and relaxing. So here I was, next to a lake, a waterfall, my best friends, some good looking women, and a cooler full of mountain dew. What would YOU do in this situation. HELL YES I drank the mountain dew. I was camping, so what if I lost the bet, it was a great freaking weekend. SO I lost the bet and as to the terms of our bet this is what I have to do. If I had won slap would have goven me a very cool wargames t-shirt. I still think I should get the t-shirt. Anyway thats my story, hopefully explaining why I have SlapAyoda owns me, plastered on my main page. later...

    -- skrike