Sunday, December 03, 2006

Melbourne Hangover Hat Tourney!

Quick pics of our awesome weekend...more to come tomorrow!


























Happy 1st!

A virtual, abridged, and intimate (no, not that way) reinactment of Mike and I's anniversary day, December 1st, 2001:

Setting: A clear, cool night in Austin Texas. Tank and Cara are hanging out at his apartment with some ultimate players. (No one is really drinking as we all had important frisbee engagements the next morning.)

Mike: Dude, I'm so parched...Cara, do you want to take a few shots of vodka with me?

Cara: That sounds like an awesome idea!

[Thirty minutes later, almost everyone else is gone and we are both silly drunk.]

Reid: Cara, I'm going to go, are you sure you are going to be ok getting home?

Cara: Oh yeah, I'll be fine...don't worry about me... it's only a 5 minute walk to my co-op.

Skizip: Don't worry Reid, I'll make sure she gets home ok.

Mike and Cara: [flirt, flirt, flirt].

[Skip leaves...Mike and Cara are standing by the front door.]

Mike: Cara, there's something I've been wanting to tell you.

Cara: Hold on. [Violently pukes in hands. Mike opens front door for Cara. She continues to throw up in the bushes in the front of his duplex for about a minute, while Mike holds her hair back. She finishes, eager to get on with the rest of the conversation that she had been anticipating, hoping, and attempting to have for the past few months.]

Sorry, what was that you wanted to say?

Mike: [Takes Cara's hands, mere minutes after being puked in] I really like you a lot.

Cara: Really? I really like you too.

Mike: No you don't! I like you a lot lot.

Cara: Dude, I can't believe this. I've liked for so long...it's true...I totally like you.

Mike: No, I like YOU!

[Repeat for about 10 minutes the exact same thing. Mike kisses Cara on the cheek, very close to her tainted lips.]

Mike: It's December 1st, 2001...I am Michael Natenberg, and you are my everytime. (Which doesn't really make sense, but was really cute at the time.)

[5 years of love.]

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The present:

Mike and I are still in Melbourne. We celebrated our 5 year anniversary with Claire and Whit. Just one of the many odd coincidences and qualities that we share is that they also have Dec. 1st, 2001 as their annivesary. So we went out for a feast at a local veggie restaurant on the St. Kilda pier. It was beautiful, yummy, and made me feel warm and fuzzy. I'll post a few pictures later.











Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Melbourne by surprise...

Well the stars were not aligned for Cara and I to travel through the Nullarbor Plain from Perth to Adelaide on the Indian Pacific RR. The train was booked with no last second cancellations so Cara and I booked a last second trip to Melbourne which was our only option to get east at a reasonable price. We are sad to miss the train and Adelaide, but now we have our first reason to come back and visit in the future.

Shortly after getting through security at the Perth airport we ran into some frisbee friends who reminded us that there is a hat tournament here this weekend. We had forgotten about it because we had plans set for the train and Adelaide. So now we have a frisbee tournament this weekend which we are looking forward to. We just can't get away from this amazing sport and community.

So the trip continues with smiles on our faces. :-)

love,
Mike and Cara