Gasperilla Anyone?

We certainly got invaded here this past weekend, and us pirates were out in full force for Tampa's Annual Gasperilla Piratefest. Of course I was there, right smack in the thick of it all, and along with some courageous friends we made it a day to remember...
Our tale begins at the ass crack of dawn (come on now, 9:30am on a Saturday) when Melissa began blowing up our phones. After I pulled my self outta bed and popping open my breakfast 14oz SparkZ I knew it was going to be a good day. So we got dressed and loaded up the Steelers cooler with enough beer to kill a horse, and we set off to Tampa with good ol' D.D. Dawn behind the wheel. Although paying $25 bucks to park your car 2 1/2 miles away should be considered highway robbery, once we were all immersed in the throbbing liquored-up crowd of 500,000+ it was totally worthwhile. From this point on the story becomes alittle bit hazy (refer back to all that packed beer and now throw in a bottle of 94 proof Rum) Luckily that's why we bring along the trusty digital camera. Because a picture says a thousand words right? However here are just a few of the High Points I do recall:

Collecting around a hundred beads only to joyfully hurl them back at both parade officials and police, Continuously hugging palm trees and telling them I loved them, Pissing off the side of the overpass while singing "Old McDonald had a Farm" , Doing a total face plant into the grass after attempting to jump thru two mesh barriers, Ogling a 19 yr old chick's bare chest in exchange for 2 beers, Being helped out of a very prickly bush by two cops after I had just fell over the fence into it, Eating a footlong polish sausage with extra sauerkraut and honestly believing it was the best thing I'd ever eaten, Melissa nicknaming Ben "Toast" and then screaming it aloud for no particular reason all day, Walking for what felt like forever back to the car after we lost Dawn, And finally passing out for the ride home as soon as I hit the backseat...

See I told ya I had a good time! And we still have the Night parade on Feb 11th to go. So all you brave souls out there get you pirate gear and beeads ready again and if you're tough enough to hang I'll see you there!