How not to go camping

[plural]

I went on an impromptu camping trip
friday morning
down to prince edward island
with some friends

it was good fun
more than a bit crazy

of course
it was entirely irresponsible of me
seeing as I'm in the middle of packing
but
oh well

speaking of packing

despite my having in my possession
every possible item necessary
for a week long backpacking trip

We utterly and completely failed to pack appropriately for this one.

Allow me to illustrate:

Necessary things which we packed:

Tent
Sleeping bags
Pillows
Gas BBQ (with spare propane tanks)
Bourbon (1 liter)
Rum (1.5 liters)
Red wine (homemade wineshine 3 liters)
White wine (homemade wineshine 2 liters)
Corkscrew
Toothbrush & toothpaste
Cellphones & chargers
Beverage containers (aka glasses)
Headlamps

Optionally necessary things which we packed:

Frisbee
Football
Camera
Non-alcoholic beverages
Hand held radios

Necessary things which we failed to pack:

Clothing
Towels
Plates
Utensils (for cooking or eating)
Toiletries (save the above mentioned toothbrush/paste)
Food
Scuba gear
Scuba lights

Unnecessary things which we remembered to pack:

DVD player
100 DVDs
Laptop
Wireless speakers
Beer (3 cases)
100 tea lights (dont ask)
30 foot coil of magnesium strip (actually this ended up being necessary - go me)


and I'm sure there are more of the last two categories
which I've neglected to mention but
you get the idea

anyway

we ...

drank like fishes

scoped out hotties with our snazzy headlamps

tossed around the pigskin

practiced frisbee diving

and other beach bumming activities

raced go-karts (tied)
raced go-karts drunk (I won)

left obscene messages spelled out in tea lights in other peoples campsites

practiced practical diplomacy with the camp staff (i.e "slow down"... "blow me")

received our second, third and fourth warning
because our campfire exceeded the maximum allowed height

made bathtub thermite

were interrogated as to how our campire was still raging when there was
several inches of standing water on the ground
not to mention it being brighter than god (mmm thermite)

made manly poses so that our hotness could dry us off
[since we forgot towels]

polled the entire campsite to see if they had any
midgets, llamas or failing the first two
any darkies we could rent
then asked if we could borrow their women, because we forgot to pack ours

got chased from several campsites by large groups of irate rednecks

in short

We had a blast

oh and yeah

I'm apparently not allowed to go back to PEI...

Comments

[ignote.livejournal.com]

Ha! Sounds like my kind of camping. Who wants to sit around a fire and sing songs whilst roasting marshmallows anyhow?

[budhaboy.livejournal.com]

Bathtub thermite?

Do you ever get the feeling your life is spiraling out of control?

Seriously... you need to find a more constructive hobby.

[plural.livejournal.com]

spiralling? nah

but it has its moments of insanity

of course
I'm always careful to enjoy those responsibly

and

indeed I do
but I suck at carpentry
and know nothing about cars

[budhaboy.livejournal.com]

you needn't be litterally constructive... You people invented the phrase 'leisure class'... Couldn't you just putter? read books? maybe take up golf, or sailing? How about big game hunting? or perhaps become an explorer... Bath tub thermite? It just seems so... revolutionary... like you are... practicing for something... the rest of us want you docile content.

[plural.livejournal.com]

mmm books
yup I do that too

as for being docile content
I dunno
maybe I've been reading the news too much lately
but
I've been feeling the need
to brush up on a few rusty skills