boys+stolen bread+banned oysters+guitar+poetry=good times

this isn't a particularly funny post, but it brings a grin to my face, so it works for this blog.....one of my fav memories from B.C occured during my spring break when I was up along the Sunshine Coast at a Young Life camp called Malibu...went by myself...didn't know a soul cept for one guy I met one day when I hitched a ride with him back around christmastime...anyways that's off topic...one week 140 college kids from oregon came to work at the camp...worked in pits with some fellas and made friends with a boy named Adam...one night he invited me to meet his friends and enjoy oysters (a tradition of theirs)...so I walk into their lounge expecting a large group of people, and found instead four boys slung over couches and in chairs in a dark room lit up only by the flickering fire...felt a bit intimidated until I found a guitar case on the floor and eagerly exclaimed, "Ooh you guys play guitar!" and immediately the flame was struck in our friendship through the exchanging of songs and backgrounds...Will was the pronounced cook of the group and was cheerfully handing around oysters for us all...I was hesitant at first (it looked like a slug) but with a bit of bread (jacked earlier from the camp kitchen) I found it was manageable to swallow...(tasted like I expect a slug would)...Christian was the main poet of the group, spilling out words in a trail that beckoned you to walk alongside and dig deeper...man looking back I realize what a treasure I stumbled upon that night..Jeff played guitar like John Mayer--amazing voice that boy...and Christian would join in on his jaw harp, Adam on drums, and of course I didn't resist the chance to play a few melodies..for the next two nights we had our "dead poets society"-ish group meet and just spend time..it was delightful...course after the first night we resisted the oysters cuz we found out 1) they were banned by the national indian seashelt company and 2)jeff was puking all night after.....man I treasure adventures...God will take you to the most unexpected places, tis true...amazing....:grins: