ok I just got back from the wonderful party and It's so much fun not to drive. I think it was one of my best ideas lately to just walk instead of drive to a friends place.

I finally could have a couple of cuba libre and enjoy some fun rounds of flip cup...

Ok for the people who don't know anything about flip cup. Basically flip cup is all about flipping cups which can be described by a couple of mathematical formulas. But lets keep it simple, what do you need for this game:

1. a backyard/patio/garage
2. an even number of players
3. an matching number of plastic cups
4. lots of beer, preferred corona or hefe weizen
5. a table as long as possible

how to play it:

1. every person gets a cup
2. every cup is filled with an inch of beer
3. now the players are lining up on each side of the table, each side defines one teams
4. once this is done you decide on which side of the table you start to play
5. the first two persons flush down there beer and try to flip their cups
6. because they are clumsy, they have to try it again and again till they finally done it
7. once they flipped their cup the player next to them flushes their beer and flips the cup
8. people start shouting go go go
9. the first team who flipped all their cups is declared winner of this round and you start a new round
10. now you define the victory conditions, 3/5/7/9/11/.../n rounds. it has to be an uneven number
11. don't forget to call names on the other team...
12. make sure you don't have Jon in you team :P

result of the evening:

Team europe: 2 (martin,Natasha,helen,keith,mel,gert)
Team usa: 1 (jon,jon,sharon,dave,miss X (Danielle?),another person)


right now I'm sitting here and reading Tom Hogans Nikon D80 book...

...still sitting and reading, 230 pages done, damn this camera can do way more than my D50. The only real difference between the D80 and D200 is

- 3fps vs 5fps
- plastic body vs metal body
- unsealed body vs sealed body

so I think I really go with the D80 instead of the D200 and keep the change for some nice trip.

Lindsay and I even thought about making a scuba diving license (the second for me, but I feel I need to take the lessons again, since its so long since I was on my last dive) and you can dive with contact lenses these days, which puts me finally in the situation to see something under water...

...now I just need to learn to deal with the sharks, my idea was diving in tahoe, but friends told me tahoe is basically very clear and cold and empty water. Barley an fishes to see.

The really nice thing is dive equipment cost like 50$ for a day which includes 2 air bottles.