Afterglow 2009 - Day 6 Thursday

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We were in there for several hours, and I mostly played blackjack. Tommy sat down next to me, and we each won $50 dollars. Every one who was a winner was allowed to be in the picture, which was every one except for Brian. We proudly held our money high in the air, and simultaneously made fun of Brian. That loser.

Last year, we posed like gangsters before heading up to the Lac Vieux Desert Casino. This year, we tried to replicate that picture, only Kevin and I were standing in the wrong places. Damn it Kevin, as Pookon.com Historian you're supposed to be on top of that shit.

We try to make a few trips to the Casino every year, but we usually go at night so we don't waste the daylight hours. Since it was cold, cloudy and kinda rainy, the daylight hours were already wasted. We packed up the car, and drove North with the intention of taking money away from the Indians, otherwise known as gambling.

It was a good thing that we weren't doing so hot at the Casino, because both Tommy and I needed to be back at Afterglow for some horseshoes. My Mom and I already made it to the championship, but Tommy would need to win to meet us there.

This picture is a little gay. I don't know why I have so many of these pictures on here, for this isn't the first time that you've seen me cozy up to Kevin. I would put this picture up with the rest of the Back Alley Burners material, but I fear that it would scare people.

There was the normal casino tomfoolery that we engaged in, but one story stands out. After winning more than $50 at the blackjack table, Kevin and I sat down at the penny slots. I wanted to play, and since Kevin had already run put of money, I handed him a dollar and said, here's $10. Go nuts. Or something like that. What I didn't realize is that I had only given him $1, and he thought I was an asshole for doing that. But then he turned that $1 into $25! Damn! But then after giving me $8 that he owed me from losing my sunglasses and putting some money back in the machine, he was left with the $1 you saw in the previous picture. So a good time was had by all except for Brian, who was partied out and slept on the way home. Poor Brian. At least he's 21 now and will have more opportunities to lose money to the Indians.

We were just sitting around inside the cabin watching videos and talking. On most summer days that would have been enough, but every day up at Afterglow is precious and limited, so we knew we had to figure out something better to do with our day.