these pictures are in backwards order.  oh well...

Monday afternoon after i got done with class, i checked my voicemail and found out that i had won a drawing for $1000 worth of camping gear.  i was a little sceptical (that's how they spell that here... gross), but i went to the store yesterday and sure enough, i had won!  so i'm pretty excited about that.  i think i'm going to get a tent, a sleeping bag, a chilly bin (cooler), and some jackets.  i like kyle's idea- once i get it all, i'll take a picture and post it up.

Monday night i had volleyball "tryouts" and it was pretty awesome.  there were a few decent players, but most of them weren't very good.  but it was so laid back, and i had fun.  plus everyone was really nice and seemed pretty cool, so i'm going to stick with it.  it'll be nice to just have FUN playing for once.  our coach played at UCLA and in germany for several years so he knows what he's doing, but at the same time realizes that it's all for fun.  oh, and he let me set so that was fun.  and i jump served just for the hell of it.  

When i said that there was reason to worry about bridge jumping, here's the reason:  after everyone in our group jumped, people started to go for a second time.  i was planning on going but i decided to get something to eat first, and while i was eating, ray and another friend came running over to us saying that the rope had snapped on a girl (although it was because the rope wasn't retied properly and there was no slack).  not really realizing the severity of the problem, i eventually ambled over only to find the girl lying motionless on the ground below.  I don't want to go into too much detail out of respect for the girl, but she ended up dying the next day.  It was (and still is) an extremely surreal situation for everyone involved, knowing that it could have been any one of us and thinking about her and her family.  i was stoked about jumping again.  i'd like to ask you all to pray for her family and those who feel in some way responsible for the accident.