Legia Warszawa Hokej

Today was the first game for the Polish hockey league. Warsaw has a team and they were playing downtown so we thought it would be fun to go. It was only 10 zloty a ticket, so it was definitely some cheap entertainment. The place was tiny, probably only sat about 2-300 people, but the fans were nuts. They were screaming and chanting so hard that it sounded like 1,000 people in there. I can't imagine how it would've been if their team was actually any good. But they weren't. They really, really weren't. Apparently the coach doesn't make them practice passing, cuz damn did they ever suck at it. They only lost 4-1, so it wasn't too bad but it could've easily been much worse. I looked at their website when we got home and their record last year was 10-26, many of the loses were shutouts. They actually allowed 15 goals in two straight games. So I guess they're looking much better this season...

Crap!

Kim and I went running today, and after only 90 seconds or so, she screamed "EWW!!". So I look over and see a giant glob of bird shit on her chest.

I almost tripped and fell into an oncoming car I was laughing so hard. It was glorious.

New Pics

I put more photos on the Flickr page. I took a bunch while the guys were here, and I still have some more to go through, but most of them are up now. I won't really go into what we did while the boys were in town, since they're pretty much the only ones who read this thing anyways, but they seemed to have a pretty good time. Gdansk was really cool and the Red Bull X-Fighters event was awesome as hell. I would've bought a shirt, but they weren't cool enough to shell out 45 bucks on one. Now I gotta check to see if they've started demolishing the stadium yet.

I'll be finishing with the pics in the next couple of days, so keep an eye out. I think all I have left to go through are from the Gdansk shipyards where we took a pirate ship through the canals.

sigh

Well, after 10 days of fun and excitement, the boys are on their way back to the states right now. That is, unless they did something really bad and got detained during the 20 hour layover in Amsterdam...

X-Lecia

Yesterday I went to the stadium where we'll be seeing the Red Bull X-Fighters to try and get some shots, but it was all fenced off. I saw a guy with a camera off in the distance who had somehow gotten inside, so I walked all around trying to find an open spot but there was nothing except for the area where the security guard was watching some guys install new stadium seats. I thought about asking the guard if I could go in and take pictures, but the dude was giving me the stinkeye the entire time so I think I know what his answer would've been. Oh well, I'm sure it doesn't look that much different than when I took pictures of it last summer. I just wanted to get a few more shots, since right after the Red Bull event they'll be demolishing it to start work on the new stadium for the Euro 2012 tournament. But there were some old abandoned vans in the parking lot, so I got a couple cool shots of those.

I'm super excited for the X-Fighters, it's gonna be awesome. I waited and waited for tickets to go on sale, and once they did I was the 2nd person to get there. I got us the best seats in the house, right in the front row. And I just found out that the whole thing is already sold out, so I'm glad I went when I did.

For those of you not in the know, check this out: X-Fighters

Army Day

Friday was Polish Army Day and they had a big parade downtown, so we went to see it. There were tons of soldiers and lots of cool military vehicles. There were supposed to be jets and choppers flying over, but they must have been at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier where the Polish president gave his speech. We didn't get to see that part, but I did see some fighter jets buzzing over the buildings by our apartment thursday when I was outside. We got a pretty good spot in front to watch the parade, so I got some ok shots. Some dumb suka kept shoving her camera phone in front of me, but I was able to avoid it most of the time. Go to the Flickr page to check out all the military goodness.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewedman/

Ho Lee She At

WOW.

I think I shat myself at least 8 times during The Dark Knight.