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I met a cute Canadian. They can be quite persuasive.

Cinco de Mayo is quickly approaching! Can't make it to Mexico for the fiesta? Come to Skydive Vancouver in Abbotsford, BC instead. Plenty of fun jumps, food and beverages. Don't forget to rock a killer 'stache!

Many thanks to everyone who organized, filmed, made food, donated raffle prizes and especially those who bought beer. This boogie opened my eyes a bit to the wealth of talent and experience that is accessible here in Florida. Living in Gainesville, Z-hills is only a 2 hour drive. I'll definitely be heading down that way more often on the weekends. Just have to drag myself away from Skydive Palatka (the home DZ I love). Or maybe the Z-flock crew would like to come up to Palatka for a tour of our own birdhouse. Jared Lee Cohete Rodriguez / Team Dirty Sanchez #74 Former President, UF Falling Gators

Getting a club going is a lot of work but can be very rewarding when it pays off. I took over the University of Florida Falling Gators club back in 2005. We had 4 members at that time. Right now we have about 30 active jumpers, and a couple dozen not-so-active ones. If you need advice on promotions or dealing with student government, don't hesitate to PM me. Good luck! Jared Lee Cohete Rodriguez / Team Dirty Sanchez #74 Former President, UF Falling Gators

You didn't drink enough beer. There was a band?!? Maybe I drank TOO MUCH beer. Jared Lee Cohete Rodriguez / Team Dirty Sanchez #74 Former President, UF Falling Gators

Agreed. I had a fantastic time. Many great jumps and great people. Much love to all the Palatka staff, Team Dirty Sanchez and the vendor reps (particularly Tony for selling me a suit

I keep getting asked what I have against all those people. I promise they're not my jokes. I just copied and pasted the most recent list. So here, in its jokeless form, I give a second issuing of the list. Jared Lee Cohete Rodriguez / Team Dirty Sanchez #74 Former President, UF Falling Gators

Jared Lee Cohete Rodriguez / Team Dirty Sanchez #74 Former President, UF Falling Gators

Now that I've had a chance to settle into my new apartment in Cincinnati, and finally have internet, I'd like to thank everyone. Max and I could not have pulled this off without the cooperation of everyone there: manifest, packers, sponsors, coaches, instructors, jumpers, and friends. Most of all I'd like to thank all the Falling Gators members for an outstanding showing of support for the event. We even had someone show up to help out even though he couldn't jump at all. This event can continue to grow and improve if we all keep up the effort. I had a great time and I hope all of you did as well. I'll miss everyone at Palatka while I'm freezing in Cinci. Have fun and be safe. Jared Lee Cohete Rodriguez / Team Dirty Sanchez #74 Former President, UF Falling Gators

Since I can now be there, and because I'm the one trying to get enough food for everyone, I'm starting a list. If you even think you're going to be there, sign up. Add your friends who are going to be there if they don't have an account. I would rather overestimate food than have people go hungry. THE LIST: falling.gator - UF

The food is actually going to be more like breakfast 3 days, dinner 2 days, and maybe a lunch. I'm still working with local vendors to get sponsorship. We're most likely going to be paying cost on the dinner items, but here's what we're looking at: Saturday: Breakfast - 2 dozen Hardee's biscuits, 4 dozen assorted Dunkin' Donuts Lunch - possible subs from Quizno's and Subway Dinner - Niko's baked ziti and garlic bread, Domino's pizza Sunday: Breakfast - 2 dozen Hardee's biscuits, 4 dozen assorted Dunkin' Donuts Lunch - possible subs from Quizno's and Subway Dinnner - Sonny's barbeque meats and sides, Beef O' Brady's wings Monday: Breakfast - 2 dozen Hardee's biscuits, 4 dozen assorted Dunkin' Donuts Like Max said, I have yet to attend a boogie that offers all this. Fortunately, I have been able to change my start date a GE Cincinnati and will be there for all of it.

We will be having some food donated by local vendors. For example, Niko's pizza is giving ziti and garlic bread, Sonny's is donating sweet tea (I guess they don't know about the beer rules) and has offered discounted pricing on their meat. Breakfast goods will be donated for Saturday and Sunday by Hardee's. I'm trying to get Subway and Quizno's to do a lunch one day. That being said, we can always use more food. Jared Lee Cohete Rodriguez / Team Dirty Sanchez #74 Former President, UF Falling Gators

You know Swoop, it is better for one to be silent and appear foolish than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt. Just a heads up. Jared Lee Cohete Rodriguez / Team Dirty Sanchez #74 Former President, UF Falling Gators

The most important thing is that the current SEC Champions will be on the shirt. GO GATORS!!! Jared Lee Cohete Rodriguez / Team Dirty Sanchez #74 Former President, UF Falling Gators

I'd like to point out that Max is the new acting President of the Falling Gators. As I had mentioned, I'll be in Cincinnati for the entire spring semester and it would be a challenge (impossible) to run a club from that far away. So if anything goes wrong during the boogie, blame him, not me. Jared Lee Former President, UF Falling Gators