Rugby 7's

For Kevin's 35th birthday we celebrated by going on a weekend trip to London for the Rugby Sevens tournament.  While normal rugby matches last 80 minutes, matches during the Rugby Sevens are only 15 minutes long (two 7 minute halves with a 1.5 minute break).  The duration of the matches is an obvious difference, however, the most notable difference is that during Rugby Sevens practically no one is watching the games.  Why, you ask?  Well to be perfectly honest, everyone is too busy getting their drunk on to take any notice of the actual rugby.  It's basically an excuse for a massive party, and what's a party without a theme?  Every year there's a different theme for the tournament.  This year's was "Monsters", hence our super cool monster costumes.  It was an awesome time from start to finish.  From the seriously claustrophobic train ride to Twickenham Stadium (like I'm talking Japanese style crowded, but instead of being sardined next to business people on their way to work, you're smashed up against drunken monsters...it was an experience in and of itself), to "watching" the games (i.e. getting on like it was Oktoberfest, and then randomly bumping into an impromptu drum line), to our post-tournament monster invasion of a local pub (we definitely kept the non-monster patrons entertained), and finally ending the night with a crazy-fun house party that went on till morning.  The next day was a rough one to say the least, but it sure was one helluva fun way to ring in Kevin's late 30's. 

And for your viewing pleasure, me dancing like an idiot to the Rugby 7's Monster Drum Line....