alanab

what you talkin bout? will it work again ever? upload them here? how about i dont have like 7 years to upload 142 pics one by one

who is jamie? i feel like i know him or saw him somewhere

cause there's always this: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=685832#685832

dude, someone please tell me wtf is wrong with yahoo? i cant even access my photos. all i can do is get to the main page. once i click on an album, i get "page cannot be displayed" someone please help me or tell me whats wrong

haha, i remember you asking me if i had seen that the last night.

its cause too many people are looking at the same time. as lew says: "have patience" check back in a few!

well, for those of you who didn't know... i dropped my digi camera in my beer the last night of the convention (one of the best nights in my opinion)! i was lost that night without being able to take pics cause my camera wouldnt turn on (yeah i tried it even though everyone said not to). so i was sure my camera was done forever. so i went to trust lew and cajones and pleaded for help. simple solution. they told me to rinse my camera out with distilled water really well, then soak it it new distilled water for a day or so. then let it dry out. so as soon as i got home sunday night, it did as i was told. i then soaked the camera until monday night. and then dried it until tonight (thursday night) with a fan blowing on it 80% of the time. so i just put the battery in, crossed my fingers and pushed the power button. and you guessed it! my camera freakin works!!! if lew and cajones wouldnt have saved me from taking it in, i would probably be out a good amount of money to fix it and without a camera for this weekend. thanks you 2, i owe ya big! so to get to the point of my rambling... without further adieu.... my rantoul 04 pics!!!!! (i only deleted 2 pics of the whole bunch to save some face) *a few are still NSFW http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/alanabyrnes/album?.dir=/5650&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/alanabyrnes/my_photos

Glad you had such a great time over here in the USA!! It was great meeting you in rantoul. We all hope you can make it back here real soon! Hope it's not too hard for you to get back into the working thing again. I look forward to jumping and partying with you again soon my friend! take care in south africa! oh, and please tell taya i said hi and give her a big hug for me!

get some ginko biloba. my mom says the stuff works great!

i love all of you! im so excited for friday:) so, what time does sunset? i wonder if i can make it?

haha! i didnt knows whose camera that was... until now! glad it was your sunny!

hell yeah brother:) im makin my 200th there this weekend. pray for good weather. i would go no other place for a special jump like that! plus you can jump again!

see you fuckers friday night!

thanks! i can only hope to get better like practice. my motivation is there. i just need resources!

i'll be there sept 3-6. i just did my first 2 flights in rantoul and would love to do more at this boogie. i am just seeing who all will be there and if anyone will have an "extra" suit for moi to jump?!? i will warn you that i wasn't a natural (not THAT bad either though) but im willing to give it the time and jumps if i have people to fly with! oh, and a suit too!!

another prize?? what did you win the first time?

that was the most saddest day of my life but we were only gone for 2 and a half days before our return

damn, where was i for that pic? i was stylin in my i love mullins shirt! guess that wasnt the only thing i missed

shit man. i have not seen that video until now. unbelievable shit!

and me on the back in my toga!

heres a happy pic! eloy again this year deuce? *compliments of lew

what happened to wrongway?

memories? too many to list, but here's an attempt: showing up the first night before jumping started with my friend justi and meeting gimp, mary and WFFC at their bonfire. then heading to the jello shot bar for my first taste of many many many (about 100) rantoul style jello shots to come. hanging with arthur and his woman liz. waking up every morning to israel's "somewhere over the rainbow" and "good morning rantouuuul". jumping with lew, airspeed, golden knights, dave brown, guano, dz.commers, new friends, and old friends. staying an extra night and day longer than planned... and then going home for 2.5 days, being sad and driving back for more fun for the last 2 days and nights. sleeping in the birdman tent the last night. hanging out with chuck and katie and pj a lot of late nights. doing my first 5 tracking dives (meeker, you are the man, i wont leave your side), a sweet and quite successful hybrid (thanks chris), many fun and skill testing freefly jumps, a few coaching jumps with dave brown (what a great coach), my first 2 birdman jumps (thanks chuck and scott for being awesome and teaching me). jumping from mulilns king air like 20 times at least. damn i love that plane and the 0 G (i bought the "i love mullins" shirt to show my love)! i also jumped the pac 750 XL. meeting and talking with norman kent, brian germain, mike and jeff mullins, dave brown and many many more awesome and very knowledgeable and experienced people in the sport. learing some new packing tips from my sweet brandy. meeting the infamous "other" alana only to find out that she is one of the cooolest sky chicks i have met. i did drop my digi cam in a beer and it no longer works (i am trying the distilled water wash lew and cajones). doing my PMS initiation jump with my fav. katiebear. also doing my sponge bob square pants initiation jump with jamie! being a part of an 8 way all female dz.com record jump/pms initiation jump for 5 new girls plus myself, betina and katie. hanging out with the hellfish from tecumseh, especially the toga party night (once again a good party with tecumseh peeps). lauging my ass off at the last nights couch fire/ marshmallow fight by the swoop pond. catching rides on golf carts, 4 wheelers, motorcycles and scooters to just about anywhere i wanted at the convention (especially the showers). meeting and jumping with julio and christi from peurto rico finally! running into hector from icarus from spain who i thought i would probly never see again. what a great surprise. hearing john king's saying: "pack jobs, no waitin, space available, no cryin babies" about 50+ times a day! finally tasting carbone zone food! being there the night goat boy got married! saying good-bye to one very awesome person was the saddest part for me. so was leaving rantoul the first time before i came back. i also got to meet a ton of new dz.commers and non-dz.commers. waaaaay too many to list, but each of you are special to me and will remain in my memories forever! i cant wait until next year! only 354 days left! also wanted to thank everyone that was involved with organizing setting up and volunteering for the whole event. it was a truely amazing experience for me and im sure everyone that was there. it was great to see all of us come together and have a fun and safe 10 days in rantoul this year with no major skydiving related incidents and no deaths. numbers? 27 pictures? to come, once my camera works :( at least the memory stick was safe!

welcome my sky sister! you're the best travel buddy ever! dude, next year we are staying the whole time at rantoul, so we dont have to make the trip twice! so many awesome memories with you and many many more to come. finish up your license requirements so we can jump todether!!! see ya down in athens in a few weeks!

HAPPY B-DAY WINGI!!!! Cant wait to see you and jump with you again, like in eloy:) this time im not injured, like at SGC so we can FF together!! YAY! are you gonna be there tonight to celebrate?