Burned...

So since Wednesday the Paintball World Cup has been at Disney's Wide World of Sports. Originally I had planned to only go one day since I had to work all the rest of the days. So I went on Wednesday and watched the games and wondered around the dealer's booths. I had a pretty good time. I wanted to go back sometime this weekend to pick up some new pants and possibly some random other stuff. So after working the rest of the week I went back on Friday. I didn't watch any of the games because I had to be at work earlier then usual and I didn't wake up super early. So instead of watching any of the games, I walked around the dealers booths shopping for pants. Originally I planned on getting a pair of Redz pants as one of the booths had them for like fourty bucks, but after really looking at them and feeling them I just didn't like them much at all. So I debated for a while about buying last years Dye pants for like seventy five dollars or buying the brand new 09 Angel pants. After debating for quite a while I decided on the new Angel pants, I ended up paying full retail price for them but they are really nice pants and I am one of the first people to have some. While there I looked at some new hoppers for Greg. Dye had a new one they came out with at Cup and Empire was pimping their new one. I looked at the Dye hopper first, and well that was the only one I looked at. This thing is super nice, it has all sorts of cool features and is super fast. I liked it so much I ended up wanting one for my self.

So after working Friday night and Saturday all day I went back Sunday morning with the plans to get one of these hoppers. Well I had read online that the hoppers were all sold out as of like nine AM Saturday morning. It was my understanding that they were rationing the hoppers and selling only a small amount each day so they had some to sell all weekend. Well Sunday came around and I was at the tournament a little before ten (the first game was starting at ten). I went straight to the Dye booth to get a hopper, only to find out they were totally sold out of them. The guy said he was going to build some from parts as the day went on, about one hopper an hour or less. After checking back about three times with him (and him refusing to pre-sell me one of them) he mentioned that at the end of the day they were going to sell the display hoppers from the tables with new shells to make them brand new again. So I was told to stop back between three and five to try to get one. Well at three I had to go and see if I won a new gun in a raffle (I didn't, nor did I win the other raffle for a gun I entered though I did win a hat) right after the raffle I went to the Dye booth and the guy (same one all day) told me that it would be after five, when the final game finished. So I went and watched lots more paintball as I wasted time (I also bought a new Dye pack somewhere along the lines but I would have loved to get my hands on the new Angel pack but they wouldn't sell it to me). I watched the finals for all four divisions of paintball from the amatures all the way up to the big show. Right as the last point was being played of the pros I went down the stairs of the bleachers, stood and watched the last ball fly and rushed out the door to beat the crowd, I hurried accross the street back to the Dye booth. When I arrived there I didn't see the dude I had seen all day, and all of the display hoppers looked to be gone. I asked one of the girls behind the counter and she said they were all gone, I mentioned that I was told they would sell me the displays and she said to go look and ask the tech guys. I found one, and he had no idea... but he found the guy who did, the same guy I had talked to all freaking day! Well it turned out he had one left, and it was red (which is the color I wanted since all my paintball gear is red)! I was super excited, I bought it and now own it. It's pretty cool to know that I got the very last hopper that was sold at the entire tournament. I got it home and it is really a great hopper, stupid fast, looks cool, lighter then my old one and much simpler, and I think that is the best thing about it, it is so simple of a design.

Oh by now you must wonder what all of this has to do with today's title, well sitting out in the sun all day watching paintball I managed to get a pretty nasty little sun burn all over my arms, neck, and half of my face. Yes only have since the way the bleachers were set up the sun was to my left all day. My left arm was way more burned the my right too but I covered it and let the right set out so they look even now.

Oh and last but not least, I want to give a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PETE! Enjoy it my friend.