Jessica

I'm working. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT I'M WORKING. When you pick up your paper on New Year's Day, think about the poor schmucks (me) who had to be at the paper until 1 a.m. and hide in the bathroom so that scary guy from the production department doesn't come after a midnight kiss. Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

Semi-formal? Is that for real? Skydivers in nice clothes? I found out Spaceland is more than four hours away...ouch. So I'm still planning to be there, if the weather's jumpable. Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

Aw, stop. You know SDD would have been my first stop, but I was in town on a Tuesday and Wednesday -- of course, the only days it's closed. But I'll be out there ALLLLL DAY Saturday the 29th? I think? Weather permitting, of course. Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

ROTFL! Ape, I totally miss you. I'll see you at the at the end of the month, right? Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

On Slappie's Web site. Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

Oh my GOSH you are AWESOME.

Oh NO. That's horrible. I hope he recovers quickly. Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

As some of you know, I've got a really squirrely schedule -- I work most nights and weekends (like a bartender, 'cept I don't get to drink on the job), which puts a big ole crimp in my skydiving, since all the local DZs are closed during the week. So I checked out the Spaceland site, and it says they're open 7 days a week. Accurate? What's the weekday scene like there? What about Skydive Houston? When are they open? Are these DZs amenable to people crashing there at night? Is there a social scene on weeknights? Thanks! I don't mind a three-hour drive if it gives me some good jumping time. Hell, San Marcos is an hour and a half away. Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

December 19? Like, a Wednesday? Are you serious? I will SOOOOO BE THERE. Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

Ack, no one read that story in the pub, it's really dumb, whoever wrote it is dumb. Nope, haven't been tied up for MONTHS. I've been hopping out of airplanes at SSM occasionally, and I'll be in Dallas at the end of this month.... Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

Dana, I liked very much. The DZ is cool -- I've only been there once, and it was before they got the Otter. It's so close to me -- 20 minutes -- that I'll probably end up there a lot when the weather clears. In South Texas, though, my heart belongs to Skydive San Marcos. Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

IIIIII know who it is!! Give me a cookie! I was there the weekend y'all hooked up... Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

"Jump stories"...? Including...first-jump stories, weekend "hump-loading" tales, oh-my-gosh-what-a-badass-skydive boasting, "here's something scary that happened," skydiving dreams, things like that? Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

Hooray! Come to the March 7-9 camp.

Will it get me any extra alti? Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

Ah, the camp's not until March. On the downside, I won't be able to buy a new main for a looooong time now.... But I'm so excited! For info: http://www.tunnelcamp.com Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

I really like the idea of RW and FF forums. Would they replace the S&T forum? Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

Y'know what? I'm gonna do it. Just bought plane tix on Southwest for $118. YEEEHAW. Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

Anybody have any thoughts or information on these? It's a big chunk o' change...but an hour of coached wind tunnel time, is, to my mind...worth about 60 jumps of training? Is this faulty logic? Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

Or to warn readers "I was drunk when I posted this..." Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

Aw yeah. Everyone be nice to me or I'll find it and f*** with it! Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

Heh...sorry man, but I just can't believe a pilot took a plane up that high without getting flashed. Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

Boobies simply HAD to be involved in this. Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

I just woke up from this... I was doing a solo out of a Casa or some other tailgate plane...there were tons of us in there, just chillin on the ride up. I'm enjoying myself immensly, watching the world go by from the unique perspective of the tailgate... Then I realize I'm all alone in the plane with the pilot -- everyone's exited, and I didn't even realize it. I quickly check the alti -- under 5K. Shit. I yell at the pilot -- can I get out here? He does a double take to see me still there, then nods... So I get in the door, and see we're now at 7K (thanks pilot!), but just when I'm about to jump, I realize there's an 8-way turning points right outside the plane. Somehow we're keeping level with them. (Fast Casas!) If I get out, I'll crash right into them. So I settle back, dangle my feet over the edge of the tailgate, and just enjoy the plane ride. After we get down, I see ambulance lights. "Who is it?" I ask someone. It's a DZ.com regular who I shall not name. I run over there to see how he's doing -- and it turns out to be not him at all. It's some toothless guy in an Army T-shirt who's double-fisting bottles of whisky while paramedics tend to his foot. Then I woke up. Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!

I adore you. Pet me! I'm harmless and cute!