Wednesday was a pretty uneventful day. The weather was pretty rubbish so we didn't do a lot. Went to a small outlet mall around midday where we picked up a couple of cheap t-shirts, and Goochie got himself a pair of Levis for about £16. In the afternoon, we met up with Brandon and went to see Tropic Thunder, a comedy film starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. It has to be one of the funniest films I've ever seen. I definately recommend people go and see it when it hits UK screens next month. In the evening, we went to a pub called McMenamin's and played darts all night. I sucked! Gooch did rather well tho.
On Thursday we had another lazy morning and then headed down into Portland to visit OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry). It was a pretty cool place with loads of interactive stuff, although the dinosaur exhibition has to be the worst I have ever seen. It was truely shocking! In the evening we got to see another side of Drew....the ultra competitive side. We went round to Brandon's to play Halo 3 with a group of Drew's mates, and found out that Drew hates to lose, especially at Halo. Myself and Mark were pretty terrible, although apparently we did quite well considering it was our first times playing. Was a pretty late night by the time we finished, I think I'd given up by this point.
On Friday we went took the MAX (the local light rail network) to downtown Portland for the day. Got off at Pioneer Square, where there was some Italian food festival going on. Watched a grape crushing contest then left. We took a look at the waterfront where there was a Christian music festival going on. Normally that wouldn't be my idea of fun, but there was an extreme sports demo area so we went and checked that out. The skateboarders were pretty awful and kept falling off (which kind of gives entertainment in a different way) but the BMXers and Motocross riders were quality. Unfortunately the entertainment was cut short by a preacher, and after listening to him drone on for about 45 mins, we snuck out. Burger for lunch at a brewery, although due to dehydration from the heat I didn't fancy a beer. Afterwards we did a bit of shopping and went to pick up some Portland Timbers merchandise, before heading home. In the evening, Brandon's parents took us out for Mexican food (which I enjoyed) and then we went bowling. I am happy to say that I won the only completed game, and Mr Gooch came second, thus giving Team GB a one-two. Drew was leading in the second game, however we ran out of time before we finished so the result didn't stand. He didn't like that. As I said before, he's a bad loser.
Tim