Adios Abby

May 6, 2008
Gabe was nice enough to invite Amy, Tracy and I to the Angle game on Friday.  We got to hang out with his family before the game and sit in left field.  The Angels lost but it was "Big Bang Friday" so the fireworks show eased the pain. Saturday was Abby's going away pool party at Amy's house.  We met up at 2 and snacked and boozed under the sun.  I forgot my camera so all the pre summer bodies can hide for a little while longer.  An attempt was made to walk to get food but we are true lazy Californians so we drove.  Sunday Amy and I met my Mom to volunteer at the food bank.  The people we were with were slow but Amy and I kicked butt.  Amy had to work and I don't so I went to San Diego to visit with Sara "ex Rashkin," Ross, Kim, my Sister, and Chris.  Hawaii is coming up on Thurday and I am stoked, there will be lots of pictures.

Timmy's Birthday

April 29, 2008
I need to get in better shape.  The mud run is a month away and I am not ready.  I did have a pretty active weekend.  Amy and I went on a bike ride Friday with Kenji and a run with Timmy on Saturday.  Timmy's party at our house was pretty awesome. We had a good showing and we put a good dent in the two kegs.  I prefer getting cans though because its easier to keep cold, stays better, and costs less.  Corrine cooked up a storm before the party so there were tons of enchiladas.  Everyone was a little hung over on Saturday but Amy, Tish, Alex and I rallied for some afternoon wakeboarding.  The weather was unbelievably beautiful.  It is starting to feel more and more like summer. 

Back from the Bay

April 23, 2008
I got back yesterday evening from my week up in the bay area.  It was a long drive that wasn't helped by all time high gas prices.  I drove up last Wednesday on the 101 (great drive) so that I could stop by and visit the very pregnant Coli.  I had a nice dinner with her and stopped by Nick's tattoo shop afterwards to say hello before continuing the drive up to Jon and Conrad's. Jon and Conrad had to work on Thursday so I took the time to go exploring and hiking around their house in Palo Alto.  Amy flew in that Thursday to do training at the Googs so it worked out for her to extend her trip.  I stayed with her in the hotel Thursday night and when she went to work on Friday I went and played tennis with Conrad.  We met up at lunch with Jon, Conrad, Amy and I driving to the very crowded Google campus to have an awesome lunch. There is so much food there that I would be the fattest person ever if I worked there.  I had two ice creams.  Amy was done with work so Conrad took us over to the driving range to hit some golf balls.  That night we got together to have dinner at a miscellaneous asian restaurant with Amy, Conrad, Jon, Rachael, Mike and Lauri.  Conrad and Jon brought out the good bottles of wine and it was delicious.  Since I am the fattest person ever, after we went to the bar that night I made Conrad and Amy stop for pizza. Amy, Conrad and I tried to go on a hike on Saturday but it was cold and windy and I was in my typical shorts and t-shirt so we cut it short.  We ate our sandwiches in the car instead.  Alex was in San Francisco visiting his friend Robbie so we got on the train to visit him.  It wasn't our day.  Halfway up on the train we stopped in a station and found out that all trains were stopped because somebody jumped in front of one of the trains and got killed.  We had to switch to the BART and a 1hr ride turned into 2.  When we got there the power was out in that part of the city.  As soon as I sat down I knocked a completely full beer directly in my lap splashing everyone at the table.  It got better when Alex and Robbie showed up.  We found a good restaurant and bar to hang out in the city.  Sunday we followed our tradition of going shooting right before sending Amy to the airport.  Turns out gun shot residue on your hands doesn't make it harder to go through security.  A bottle of water though and you better watch out.  Monday was my last day so I went with Conrad flying over to Half Moon Bay for Brunch and we played tennis later in the afternoon.  Rachel made us all dinner and we all went to a place near their house for last night in town drinks.  I might be having too much fun but I am ok with it.

DC trip

April 14, 2008
I had a great time with Alex visting Shai out in DC.  It had been two years since the last trip that we made out there.  I forgot how lazy I am.  We walked everywhere.  If my car was parked as far as it was from the metro to Shai's place I would have had somebody drive me.  Last trip we did most of the very touristy DC things. So this trip we spent more time hanging out in other parts of the city.  Shai has a great row house apartment near Dupont circle.  He is like Mr. Rogers because everywhere we went in the city somebody was saying hello. We checked out memorials, cherry blossoms, and the brand new Newseum (news museum) the first day. We met a bunch of his DC friends who are mostly lawyers or law students.  We had just enough fun at the bars and his friends houses (nobody puked).  Shai made us amazing breakfasts that my girlfriend needs to learn.  We ran home in a unexpected downpour and got soaked.  We played touch football that I almost wasn't too hung over to play. I also had the chance to sample some of DC's best late night fare. Great trip thanks Shai.

Denny's 3am

April 9, 2008
Alex and Tish invited Amy and I over for dinner on Friday.  Tish cooked and we brought the wine.  It was a good combo. We ended up at Denny's at 3am eating breakfast and running into JP. Saturday I felt a little lazy so I hung around with Amy until we headed up to LA to visit with her friends. Sunday, Amy and I played tennis and met up with her parents to eat at the spectrum.  Monday might have been the perfect day. I surfed with Alex for 4 hours at Salt Creek and then went with Amy to an Angel game.  I have been enjoying my free time very much, but not too much.

Lazy days

April 2, 2008
Last Thursday sure felt a lot like a weekend.  I went with Alex and his brother's Patrick and Joe to Catalina to hang out.  We got great weather and did all the usual Catalina stuff.  My finger held up for volleyball and we froze our buts off snorkeling.  When we came back on Friday it felt like a Sunday.  It was good to be back because I had to make it for a great dinner.  Amy made plans to use the gift certificate that I bought her for Roy's in Newport.  Saturday night we went to Shamrock's. They had a band that was way too loud but we made the best of it despite the slight ringing in my ears.

Vegas Baby

March 25, 2008
It felt more like getting run over by a truck than a vacation but I loved every second.  Vegas lived up to what it is supposed to be.  I drove out Friday morning with Curt and we got there a little bit after the flyers landed.  Betty Leu had her bag misplaced by the airline so she was bathing suit less for day 1.  We walked over to the mall for what has to be one of the quickest suit buying trips possible.  That was just in time to get to the pool 15 minutes before closing.  After, Curt and I took the girls to an amazing dinner at Marie Calendars and a 7/11 beer run.  We got free tickets from the concierge to get into the Wynn club Tryst and when we arrived it seemed like it was going to be a long night of waiting in line.  That's what I hate about clubs, so pretentious.  But, thankfully we had enough girls with us to circumvent the line.  Inside was nice, drinks were expensive, and there were lots of pretty things to look at if you kow what I mean.  I almost immediately got split up from the girls and Brian so it was me and wingman Curt.  It got to be about that time so we left the club and I saw that Brian had called me about 15 times in the last hour.  He got kicked out of the club and was drunk and bitter.  So I told him to stop being lame and a douche bag (I actually said douche bag) and we got some great late night eats.  The next day was all about lounging at the pool and napping, just what the doctor ordered.  Curt and Betty and Jenny left that night to make Easter.  Now it was me and Brian on our own for a while.  Doctor Mo was staying at the Parris and we met up with him to watch the UCLA basketball game.  We headed back to the Wynn to go out that night at Blush, a much better lounge bar type club.  That was an awesome place with drinks being much less expensive, way cooler vibe, and still plenty to look at.  At some obscene  hour I determined I was done so I made it to my room to end a great weekend.

Solid weekend

March 19, 2008
If I didn't know any better I wouldn't realize I had all this extra time.  Friday night I hung around Newport and met some friends for some cocktails at Cabo Cantina down on Balboa.  Amy's dad was in town so she was down in SD hanging out with her sister and him.  She was thinking about hilarious voicemail's to send and secret passwords to remember.  I drove down Saturday morning to join Amy for lunch in downtown SD and saw a very interesting Scientology protest.  I learned that "Scientology is the gateway to fascism."  My sisters birthday party was later that night and my Mom put together a great spread for the party at the house.  Afterwards, we gathered the troops and headed downtown to Onyx room.  Stephanie had talked to the club and gotten everyone on the list so we didn't have to pay cover and got to skip the line.  It worked out really well.  Inside we did our share of danicing (or whatever it is that I pretend to do) and had a great time.  Overall result, solid.

Slowing down

March 10, 2008
I am not really a fan of the Olive Garden but Amy has been holding on to a gift certificate for over a year now.  So she invited all her girls and me to enjoy unlimited salad, breadsticks and lots of wine. Afterwards we headed back to Amy's house and went hot tubbing.  A cop showed up because of reports of underage drinking but took one look at us and left.  Saturday Amy and I met up with Kevin and his family to go on a bike ride on her new road bike.  Amy, not surprisingly, was in good shape and kicked butt.  Sunday, was go-karting for Dan's birthday up in Carson and Dan and Tracy's house.  I am a big fan of go-karting, even with Amy who claims to be the best driver I know.  One more week and then something so I am excited for that.

It's leap year!

February 29, 2008
I don't remember the last time I remember it being leap year.  It would really suck to be born on a leap year, when do you get to celebrate your birthday?  I also learned today from yahoo that Julius Caesar was the guy who made leap year popular.  He stole it from the Egyptians.  I don't remember anything particularly amazing about last weekend.  That is probably because I lagged so much in writing it down.  I do remember a great bike ride with Timmy and Kevin and a cool night out with Alex in his town.  This week was better than most at work. For those who don't know why call me and I'll tell you. It's already another weekend, soon it will be summer.

3 day Trifecta

February 16, 2008
It has been an eventful 3 days with Valentine's, my birthday, and my birthday party of sorts. Valentine's Amy cooked me a dinner of appetizers with lots of good cheeses, hummus, and potato skins.  I brought over good wine and we relaxed with her single roommates on the couch.  My birthday was way better than working because I took a vacation day and went to Big Bear with Amy, Ross and Kim.  The best part is that you get a free lift ticket on your birthday.  Afterwards, my Mom and sister took us out to P.F. Changs for my favorite kind of food, chinese.  Today is a relaxing start leading up to my ice skating party tonight.  I hope it's good times.


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