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Not that long ago
August 29, 2003 by Jason
PJ first on the beach then Brian both ending in Catalina January Happenings
January 23, 2012It has been a quiet few weeks ringing in the new year. There hasn't been any snow in the mountains so now snowboarding trips yet. I have munched in some pretty swanky restaurants. Last week was SD restaurant week so Staci and I took our first trip to the famous Mr. A's in downtown. It was good and very fancy. Staci went up to visit her folks this last weekend so I was on my own. Brian just moved to town to flight instruct and we went out Friday night to sushi and beers. Saturday I did errands and chores until meeting up with Ross and his gf for a movie night. Sunday was watching football and playing hockey; a solid ending.
End of Year Road Trip
January 4, 2012I took the last week of the year off work and headed up to northern California. Staci and I left Friday afternoon to spend Christmas with her family. She splits Christmas between her Mom and Dad so the first couple days we celebrated in Fresno. On Christmas morning we drove to Lodi to finish celebrating with her Mom. Staci and her family were very generous to me. The Jews just aren't as into the gifting so it is still a strange experience. We then drove to Palo Alto to relax and visit the friends I left in my old hometown. Her cousin Lindsay was out of town so we were able to crash at her apartment. It worked out very well. I visited Mike and Laurie, Matty, Jon and Rachel, old coworkers, and pigged out at the restaurants I missed. The next leg of our trip was up to San Francisco. We arrived in the afternoon and dropped our things off in the rented apartment. After grabbing lunch we walked out of the restaurant and noticed that the building across the street was on fire. The flames shattered the windows and spewed out flames and smoke. A guy on the corner was already on the phone with 911 and as we watched the first fire truck arrived. Shortly thereafter four more showed up and the firemen suited up and stormed the building. Several people appeared in the building windows, realized the building was on fire, and ducked out presumably to exit safely. One guy seemed content to watch the smoke billow out of the upstairs windows as he enjoyed a bowl of soup. As the firefighters burst into the apartment they sprayed water and glass out of the windows towards the street. I never saw Staci move so fast. Later we joined Alex, Tish and Avery and celebrated by eating awesome Italian in North Beach and getting drinks with Roselle. Alex's Mom was nice enough to babysit Avery so our night out was childless. New years eve we headed over to Anson and Karin's new place near the Haight. We pre-partied at their house and then hoped on the muni to the Embarcadero for midnight. There were thousands crowding the street and watching the fireworks over the bay. As the mass of people left cabs and buses were impossible so we took the medium long uphill walk back home. We finished our trip with a uneventful drive home. Happy 2012!
Winter Time
December 15, 2011It has been a while so I have a lot of little updates. I went to a SDSU football game to watch the Aztecs beat Fresno State. I don't remember the Aztec football doing a lot of winning when I was in school. It was nice to see them the way I don't remember them. The parking lot helped me remember that I am a lot older than I was in college. I tweaked my neck playing hockey and had to suffer through a week of a stiff neck. It is always amazing to find out how often you use a muscle/body part by getting it hurt. The neck is better but it took me out of the gym loop enough for that to make me sore. The holidays are sneaking up and I am not prepared. I should probably buy stuff.
Happy Turkey Weekend
November 26, 2011If I invented a holiday it would be a lot like Thanksgiving. It gets the important things right. First it starts on a Thursday so you get a 4 day weekend. Second it encourages gluttony and drinking. They had me at gluttony. This year Staci and I had the turkey celebration at our house. I invited my Mom, Sister, and Pop's and Staci invited her Mom and Grandma. We cooked up a storm and despite a few small misses ended up with a pretty good looking spread. Nobody seemed to mind too much that my pecan pie was more pecan soup. More importantly we were together, got along, and left stuffed.
Soggy Camping
November 8, 2011It doesn't seem fair that the weekend of our San Clemente camping trip was a wet one. It was supposed to be a two nighter but it seemed like a better idea to stay dry on Friday night and couch camp at Timmy's. The weather turned better on Saturday and we spent the day surfing, eating, and hanging out at the campsite . Highlights include a wicked three way paddle ball session and Staci saving her brithday cupcakes from marauding ants. Sunday morning a quick drizzle got me out of the tent earlier than I had hoped. We packed up before the rain started its full wrath to have a lazy Sunday recovering at home. I was excited to spend some quality time in front of the tube since I finally broke down and ordered cable. Turns out more channels equals more commercials. Lame.
Catalina Boy's Weekend
October 24, 2011If I remember correctly the last time I went to Catalina on an all boys weekend I was about 20. Turns out, since I am old, that was a decade ago. Alex's little brother's inspired the trip out to the island. Alex, JP, Joe, Patrick, Cory, PJ, Chris, Brian, Ross, and I spent our time playing volleyball, snorkeling, eating bad food, and trying to work off hangovers. The trip reminded me a lot of when we were 20 for reasons I won't go into. But, we enjoyed reminiscing those adventures. Brian and PJ took one or five too many and Brian was very vocal in his discomfort. The weekend was not relaxing but it was good times.
Legal Wrangling
October 12, 2011I have been the bearer of much angst trying to help my Papa through his legal problems. He has found himself in quite a mess. Unfortunately, it looks like it has gotten to the point where there are no good options. It has left me feeling a bit overwhelmed trying to help him and dealing with all the other happenings of life. At least I can look forward to taking Friday off and heading up to Morro Bay to camp with Staci's family. Hopefully it is gloriously uneventful and I can unwind.
Mom all Better
October 5, 2011It was a scary night late Saturday when my Mom called to tell me she was headed to the ER. She was in a lot of pain and her blood pressure had shot way up. Staci and I drove to meet up with her in the hospital. As is the case with ER visits things never happen as quickly as you think they should. At first they told her that it was probably digestion pain but when her labs came back there was something funky happening in her pancreas. They needed to do more tests so they transferred her to Kaiser hospital to spend the night. Early the next morning they did an ultrasound and diagnosed her with pancreatitis. Luckily for her the treatment was simply stop eating, get plenty of IV fluids and manage the pain. It took her a bit to get back to feeling well but she is on her way. Staci and I drove back Sunday late afternoon and went to bed very early to try and catch up on the sleep we did not get.
End of the Wedding Season
September 20, 2011After another wedding summer the whirlwind has come to an end. Last weekend was Danny and Allison's wedding in LA. Danny has been a great friend of my sister and though her, a friend of the family. When he spent time living in Buenos Aires he also became close with our cousin Tommy. So my Mom, cousin Tommy, Steph, Staci and I all headed to downtown LA for the wedding. It was great getting to spend time with Tommy. I hadn't seen him since a quick lunch on my way back from Uruguay 3 years ago. The ceremony and party were well done and very fitting of their style. For some reason I hadn't taken my big camera to any weddings this summer. So I went a little picture happy at this one.
What to do Without Power?
September 9, 2011Yesterday around 3:30, with a zap the lights, computers and everything else went out at work. The word quickly spread that it wasn't just our building. Power was out from Mexico to Orange County. So the combination of every traffic signal out and everyone leaving work at the same time equals gridlock. It took me an hour to get from the parking lot to the shopping center walking distance from my building. When it was clear that I was getting nowhere fast I decided it was time to make use of the skateboard I keep in my trunk. I skated down the hill towards home planning for a long trip. Lucky for me on the way home I passed the train station. I realized that I could jump on the Coaster up to Solana Beach station. A bbq dinner and a candle lit evening made it seem like quite the adventure. The power came back on sometime in the middle of the night and they cancelled work so I get a free day off.
4 Year Bike Accident Anniversary
September 2, 2011Wow, I can't believe that it has been four years since my bike accident. I had to double check to make sure my math was right. I still consider myself pretty lucky that night. Four years later I am not too worse for the wear. My jacked up finger and a few scars are all I have to show. To celebrate (not really) I am heading to Fresno for Staci's cousins wedding. So here we go on a holiday weekend road trip.
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- I am back in SD just like a big circle
- I am the age where I realize I am not as young as I think I am
- girls still confuse me
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
John Lennon
An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
Mitch Hedberg
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.
Charles M. Schulz
I'm not a fan of facts. You see, facts can change, but my opinion will never change, no matter what the facts are.
Stephen Colbert
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Abraham Lincoln
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
Dr. Seuss
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
Paul Valery
Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.
Hypocrites
You shouldn't take life to seriously. You'll never get out alive.
Van Wilder
Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words.
Calvin and Hobbes
We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost
Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.
Edmund Hillary
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
Richard Bach
If running was easy, it would be called your Mom.
T-shirt on some girl at Bay to Breakers
I've got some friends, some that I hardly know
But we've had some times I wouldn't trade for the world
We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will go
We live on front porches and swing life away
Rise Against - excerpt from "Swing Life Away"
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Dalai Lama
All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
James Thurber
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Barack Obama
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas Edison
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.
John Lennon
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
Paul Valery, French Poet
If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.
Albert Einstein
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Mark Twain
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where --" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy,the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America’s Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn’t want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named Bush, Dick, and Colon.
Chris Rock
Things are more like they are now than they have ever been.
Gerald R. Ford
Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health; everything unconditional belongs in pathology.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.
Ancient Persian Proverb
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.
Buddha
Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.
- Unknown
It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error.
- U.S. Supreme Court, in American Communications Association v. Douds
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
- Thomas Jefferson
Truth, when we are fortunate enough to find it, is like bad-tasting medicine. It rarely comes as a pleasant surprise, because if it surprises us, it means we've been denying it for some time and have a lot of beliefs based on falsehood. It's hard to give up those beliefs.
- Orson Scott Card
Alcoholism is not a problem.
It is a hobby, and nobody can fault you for having a hobby.
Jason: "I don't think you can drown in balls." Christy: "No. You can. My dad had to come in and save me."
Amy - "Do you think they clean the mud baths? Because I don't want to get in after somebody else"
Oscar Wilde - Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humour was provided to console him for what he is.
Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple Computer, at commencement, Stanford University, 2005:
"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer has been "no" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. . . . Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. . . . Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.
George Burns
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.
-Frank Sinatra
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
-Ernest Hemingway
A wife asked her husband: "What do you like most in me, my pretty face or my sexy body?" He looked at her from head to toe and replied: "I like your sense of humor."
Email Forward
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
-Confucius
The thought police would get him just the same. He had committed would have committed, even if he had never set pen to pape rthe essential crime that contained all others in itself. Thoughtcrime, they called it. Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you.
-1984
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
-Winston Churchill
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John Lennon
An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
Mitch Hedberg
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.
Charles M. Schulz
I'm not a fan of facts. You see, facts can change, but my opinion will never change, no matter what the facts are.
Stephen Colbert
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Abraham Lincoln
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
Dr. Seuss
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
Paul Valery
Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.
Hypocrites
You shouldn't take life to seriously. You'll never get out alive.
Van Wilder
Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words.
Calvin and Hobbes
We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost
Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.
Edmund Hillary
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
Richard Bach
If running was easy, it would be called your Mom.
T-shirt on some girl at Bay to Breakers
I've got some friends, some that I hardly know
But we've had some times I wouldn't trade for the world
We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will go
We live on front porches and swing life away
Rise Against - excerpt from "Swing Life Away"
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Dalai Lama
All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
James Thurber
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Barack Obama
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas Edison
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.
John Lennon
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
Paul Valery, French Poet
If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.
Albert Einstein
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Mark Twain
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where --" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy,the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America’s Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn’t want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named Bush, Dick, and Colon.
Chris Rock
Things are more like they are now than they have ever been.
Gerald R. Ford
Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health; everything unconditional belongs in pathology.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.
Ancient Persian Proverb
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.
Buddha
Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.
- Unknown
It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error.
- U.S. Supreme Court, in American Communications Association v. Douds
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
- Thomas Jefferson
Truth, when we are fortunate enough to find it, is like bad-tasting medicine. It rarely comes as a pleasant surprise, because if it surprises us, it means we've been denying it for some time and have a lot of beliefs based on falsehood. It's hard to give up those beliefs.
- Orson Scott Card
Alcoholism is not a problem.
It is a hobby, and nobody can fault you for having a hobby.
Jason: "I don't think you can drown in balls." Christy: "No. You can. My dad had to come in and save me."
Amy - "Do you think they clean the mud baths? Because I don't want to get in after somebody else"
Oscar Wilde - Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humour was provided to console him for what he is.
Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple Computer, at commencement, Stanford University, 2005:
"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer has been "no" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. . . . Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. . . . Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.
George Burns
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.
-Frank Sinatra
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
-Ernest Hemingway
A wife asked her husband: "What do you like most in me, my pretty face or my sexy body?" He looked at her from head to toe and replied: "I like your sense of humor."
Email Forward
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
-Confucius
The thought police would get him just the same. He had committed would have committed, even if he had never set pen to pape rthe essential crime that contained all others in itself. Thoughtcrime, they called it. Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you.
-1984
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
-Winston Churchill
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Stoked you are going to head back down to where the cool kids are at!! You guys should come stay with us when you are checking out places, got lots of room!
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