Afterglow 2009 - Day 7 Friday

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The Revolution knows no day or time, nor does it care where you are when it is started. Whether it be land or sea, when the signal to Start the Revolution is given, you must raise your fist in acceptance, even if in doing so increases your chances of drowning. One must buy into the concept of the Revolution and hand over their full trust to it if they want to be a member. And if you tragically die while carrying out the orders of The Revolution, your name and actions shall be immortalized for all time as someone who laid down their life for the ultimate cause.

Every day at Afterglow 2009 was sombrero day, but today was especially significant because for our sombreros there was no tomorrow. So we were free to expose them to the elements and no longer worry about ruining them. So Stacy took hers kayaking.

Afterglow is all about tradition, and one that we try to uphold is the annual game of behind the back pool between Kevin and myself. I know in years past we have forgotten to do it, but if we remember we try to stick it in during the week. Sometimes we get to Friday and we realize that we had yet to play, so we scurry to the rec room and look like a bunch of idiots to anyone walking through. They don't understand it.

After the game of behind the back pool ended, we decided that it just didn't look weird enough that we were playing pool in that manor, so one-armed pool was born. In order to make myself look more like an amputee that had no choice but to play pool like this, I buttoned my jersey and tucked one of my arms in. Remember when I voiced my concern about people walking by and judging us? All that gets thrown out the window when you pretend to be an amputee for a game of pool. There's more to be concerned about than what other people think of you at that stage.

Kevin was topless, so he didn't have the ability to hide one of his arms from plain view, so he just tucked it behind his back when he shot. This didn't look quite as weird as what I was doing, but then again no one looks quite as I do even if I am just standing there not doing anything. I do prefer my method though because I think that I feed off of people looking at me in a puzzled way and shaking their heads in disbelief. The game ended, and unless I have video proof, I never remember who the winner is. To be honest with you I don't think it matters. Most men are competitive and driven to win at all costs, and some just kick back and enjoy the game. I can be both, but at Afterglow I'm all about fun.

Today was one of the best beach days of the week, which is usually the case at Afterglow, since today would be our last day up here for the year. Since that is the case, we usually do end up spending the day at the beach doing whatever it is that gives our hearts the most joy. You're probably familiar with what Kevin, Brian and I do, but did you that (at least for this year) Maddie was into collecting frogs? If you didn't go through this phase, then you at least had a cousin or sibling that did. But I bet you never saw a frog treasure trove quite like this one.

It has long been known that Uncle Greg is the leader of the Revolution, and we must raise our fists in the air when he does. He was Starting the Revolution from his chair on the beach, and even though we were in the water, we had to capitulate and follow him.