6-11-2006...Oh Woodrow...

I think ill chalk this day up to fate. I was in a bad mood most of the day, but earlier i promised Ty, Ty, and Doug to play soccer with thme around 7ish. I honestly had no desire to play, but not wanting to leave them stranded without a forth, i decided to suck it up and play. I started to feel a little more chipper on our way to Castle San Angelo, our usual playing spot. We walk by the castle and Ty says, "is that a fight?" I immediatly look up hoping to see a brawl in the middle of the street ahead, but what it actually was was a boxing match set up in the middle of the usual grassy area around the castle. We stayed there about 5 minutes watching this match, it was pretty cool, and i started to feel a little better. We walk down the ramp to the ground of the castle where its pretty much covered in dust and rock bits small enough to play soccer on. We played there before, actually with some italian locals, which i thought was really fun. But who we would end up playing with today would top those italians about 5o times over. So we start getting ready, Ty puts on his cleats and i start bouncin the ball around. Theres a family on the other side of the rocky area, near the ramp talking to three guys on bikes, i think nothing of it. Im pretty much in my own world at this point, lost in thoughts. Ty overhears the family say something with the wod Woody in it and looks up. One of the bikers is wearing a red tank top and is noticably balding. Ty is fixed on him for a few minutes then says to us, i think that family is talking to Woody Harrelson...I look up just as he turns to face us and it definitely is. Then out of nowhere, another of the bikers turns around looking at us and says, "what do we have here" and starts kicking a soccer ball around. I recognize the face instantly, having seen many of his movies in the past few years. Its none other than Owen Wilson. My jaw drops, i have no words. They walk over towards us and ask what were doing. We tell them were about to start soccer and they ask to join in. So Me, Tyler, Tyler, Doug, Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, and the family that was talking to them all play a pickup game of soccer right next to Castle San Angelo in the middle of rome for over an hour and a half. Our team won naturally...me tyler lobb, doug and woody were the stars of that squad. The funniest part was probably when woody was chasing after the ball and tyler kicked it under a bench to the other side, jumped over the bench and got the ball with woody hot on his tail...well woody didnt see the bench..yeah he pretty much headplanted over the bench with Owen shouting "Oh Woodrow!"...It was a pretty good afternoon. It definitely brightened my spirits.