It's a boat! It's a political statement! It's a floating catastrophe!

Sooo ... we got our picture in the paper on Monday for floating down the river on a rooftop this weekend. Here's the News-Miner article (minus picture, but I have some of my own, under the cut).

All in all, it's a nice write-up, though I am amused that the article refers to us as a "tribute to FEMA" when it's kind of ... the opposite.

(On a completely unrelated-to-FEMA side note, in that same local-interest news roundup, if you scroll down past the boat race stuff to the item on the Emmy nomination -- I know that guy. Ben Grossmann -- his name's misspelled in the article -- was a friend of mine in college. He was one of those people who you meet and think "This guy's going places" ... so I'm not surprised to see his work's been nominated for a visual f/x Emmy. Still cool though. I know somebody who's nominated for an Emmy award! EEEE! Go Ben! Okay, this has been your fangirl moment.)

Anyway, back to the boat ...

( Still Waiting for FEMA )

EDIT: Oh, and here's somebody else's more comprehensive pictures of the event, as well. (Scroll all the way down to see us on our rooftop, along with their comments about us.) http://pics.livejournal.com/_earth_vs_soup_/gallery/0001eg7t