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Gasparilla and the party afterward
I just got back from a long party in Tampa. It started yesterday, when Dustin and I went to Tampa for their annual Gasparilla Festival. I think it was the festival's 100th anniversary, 1904-2004. It took a while to find a parking space. When we got there, we tried calling two of Steve Cano's friends, Amber and Cindy, who were there and I tried calling a friend of mine that was going to be there, Steve Johnson. Dustin and I attempted to meet up with Cindy and Amber in the beginning, but we could not find each other. We went down 7th st. while trying to catch bead neclaces thrown fromt he floats. I got a fair amount. there were some people there that looked like that African tribe with so many beads; you know, the ones that has those rings all the way up their necks. On the way down, I got some pics of a fight that broke out, lol. It was an intense fight. There were also boobs on the streets. So after walking down to the main eating area, we found Cano's friends. They were cool. Then we walked up to the top level so Cindy could meet one of her friends, then we left for the parking garage. I met Steve Johnson up there. Apparently his friends were drunk and left him at USF. He drove down himself to Gasparilla. He got flahsed as soon as he left his car. Talked to him for a while, then he went down to see the end of Gasparilla and we drove off. We had two cars, but Dustin and I did not know the area, so he switched off with Amber. She drove with me to where we were going to meet up to go to the party. There was only two set of directions, so one car had to follow the other, and Cindy knew the area the best. We all got lost in Ybor. That city is so poorly designed. We ended up meeting up in the ghetto in some shady corner called 12th st. and 12th ave. Amber was bi, so I had to ask "What is it like being bi?" :P She said I am going to be on her AIM profile. lol. Stupid questions can be so funny sometimes. Then we went to one of Dustin's friend's birthday party. There was a good number of people there, mainly USF people, like engineering and computer majors. There was a huge bar area but not that much heavy drinking. DDR was there too. Sigh.... engineers... That game is so weird. Well, I didn't sleep last night, I took a short nap somwhere between 4:30 and 5. Then we went back to Gainesville. There was a very heavy fog last night and this morning. It lasted from Tampa almost all they way back up to UF.
Belched up with tidings of comfort and joy by Joe
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