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November, 2009
August 29, 2003 by Jason
Ross making sidewalk pizza in front of my house Is Summer Over?
August 31, 2010It has been a good end of summer. I have been hanging out with Staci on the weekends and staying busy during the week. I did an autocross with my car and had a fantastic time totally destroying my tires. Hockey ended the season in the first game of the playoffs. I got a lot better over the season and the team invited me back to try again next season. On a sad note Matty's Mom passed away unexpectedly. My heart goes out to him, it has been tough. I am looking forward to a Labor day weekend trip with Jon and Rachel and Ross's 30th birthday party guys weekend. Is it time for 30th birthday parties yet? Goodness we are getting old.
Hiking Rae Lakes Loop
August 11, 2010My legs are still feeling the 46 mile Rae Lakes Loop backpacking trip. I went with Bean, Staci, Adam (Bean's BF), Scott, Ian, and Heather (Ian's GF.) Ian was the organizer of the trip and the guy who actually knew where we were going. We took off on Thursday and headed to King's Canyon National Park where we car camped the first night at Road's End. Friday morning we took off with full packs and headed up 11 miles to Upper Paradise Valley. It was mostly gradual uphill following a beautiful quick moving creek. Saturday we hiked a tough 11 miles up to Dollar Lake. The last few miles were above 10,000ft and we were very worn out by the time we arrived in camp. The mosquito's were ready for us to arrive. I conveniently had my repellent safely stored on my dresser back home and the only bottle for the group had yet to arrive. Staci and I quickly set up our tent and hid out until help arrived. Lucky for us Ian had planned a rest day after all that climbing so we lackadaisically hiked the remaining 3 miles to Rae Lakes on Sunday. We arrived early and enjoyed laying around camp, swimming, and fishing with my Buzz Lightyear fishing pole. The trout weren't very big but I never had fishing so easy. The fish almost jumped at the hook. Monday we woke up early for a long day on the trail. We hiked over Glen Pass (12,000 ft) and started the long way down. In-N-Out was on the mind and motivated us to finish a day early and push through to the car 19 miles and 10 hours away. Everyone crashed at Staci's house Monday night and enjoyed the warm shower and never dehydrated food.
Making it to Fresno
July 29, 2010It was about time I made a trip out to Fresno for a weekend to see Staci. This time it was a proper visit and not just a pass through. The nice part about driving inland is you get away from our unseasonably cold weather. It was in the 90's for the weekend and perfect lay by the pool weather. I was very lazy and loved every bit. I miss the hot.
Pop's in town weekend and Cousin in SF
July 18, 2010For Father's day I invited my Pop's to come up and visit me so he took me up on the offer last weekend. It worked out nicely that it was also the World Cup finals. We hung out around town, ate well, checked out SF, and had a BBQ and World Cup viewing party. My Dad got really excited when I told him he could make steaks for the BBQ. I took him to Costco to stock up on supplies and sent him to the meat section to pick out the beef. When I came back he had the biggest $60 package. I had to talk him down to a more reasonable quantity. This weekend I had cousins from Chicago in town staying with the Hartman's. I drove up to the city on Saturday and hung out with the Hartman kids and Pirano cousins in the park. That night the 21+ crowd went to sushi and drinks. Today I played hockey in the morning which is still kicking my butt and lazied the rest of the day away.
July 4th Weekend
July 8, 2010It was a busy holiday weekend as I joined too many other motorists heading south. I left a bit early on Friday and picked Staci up on the way to the OC. We drove straight to Tim's new house to meet up with Tracy, B.Leu, and Corinne. We checked out his new pad and shared in a few reacquainting drinks. I also heard the amazing news that Tish popped out her baby with Avery deciding to enter the world. It was pretty considerate of Tish to have her on the weekend that I came to town! The next morning we met my Mom for breakfast at the Spectrum and then headed down to SD. After an unwanted delay at Chris's we made a late appearance to one of my favorite beaches, Blacks. Later that night we headed to OB to meet up with Staci's cousins. I did my best to rally but I was pretty tired after waking up early to watch Argentina unfortunately lose their World Cup game. We slept at Chris's that night and decided to rent a sailboat on Mission Bay for the 4th. My sister joined us on the boat and I showed my sailing skills off by promptly running into a bridge. Who knew to look up? No harm no foul though so we enjoyed the rest of the afternoon on the boat. That night we drove up to Mount Soledad to watch fireworks. While we didn't have the best view of any one show it was cool to see about 15 different shows going on from far away. Monday I started the drive home with stops to see Alex, Tish and Avery, my Mom, and then dinner at Staci's. I finally got home late Monday night already missing the good times had in socal.
World Cup Time
June 16, 2010I have been decently obsessed with the World Cup these days. Last weekend for the USA-England game we went to the ballpark in SF to watch on the big screen. I was surprised how many people were there but I guess it was free. I am loving the warmer weather and it finally feels like summer is here. My ice hockey is also getting better. I am still pretty awful but I can see improvement. Pottery class is ending soon so I will have more time during the weekdays to find something else to take up time.
Catalina Throwback
June 1, 2010It has been too long since a group Catalina trip so luckily Alex planned a trip for this past Memorial Day weekend. I took Friday off of work to make it an extra long 4 day weekend and flew down to the OC. I had a chance to visit with my Mom, Grandma, and Kevin before getting on the boat to Catalina Friday afternoon. The island brings together many my favorite things to do. Volleyball, Snorkeling, Sun, and beverages with friends. Lucky for me we had a chance to enjoy all of them. Tish is about ready to pop so it was nice to have a last hurrah with the Klingensmith's before baby Avery arrives. The weekend was amazing but too short as always. It did hold on a bit with a nice flight delay to extend my trip home long enough to make waking up for work extra difficult.
Bay to Breakers
May 21, 2010Last weekend was dinner Friday night with Anson, Karin, Jon and Rachel at La Bodeguita near my house. That worked out pretty nice since I was able to sit on my porch and have a beer while waiting for everyone to show up and walk over to the restaurant. Saturday was my second ice hockey game ever and it went better than expected. I was looking good sporting two socks taped on my shoulders since I had forgotten my shoulder pads at home. I had my share of dramatic flailing falls but I managed a fluke of a shot that made it behind the goalie. Sunday we woke up early and got on the train to SF for Bay to Breakers. It was everything it was last year and more. So much fun but so tiring. I slept the entire train ride hope and napped for the rest of the day.
Seattle Trip Mostly
May 10, 2010For my Mom and Sister's birthdays I told them that I would take them on a family trip this year. My Mom had been wanting to go to Seattle for quite some time so we made it happen. I flew up separately and met my Mom and Sister in SeaTac airport. We took the train to our hotel in downtown to settle in before heading on our first sightseeing adventure. The weather was what you would expect in a city known for its rain but we were lucky to never have a serious downpour. We wanderered all around the city for the long weekend with memorable stops at the space needle, underground tour, Bainbridge Island, Pike's Market and many good restaurants. It was a very touristy trip but perfect for exploring a new city. This past weekend it was Davie and Kasey's birthdays so Jon's Vacaville boys took a party bus to Dave and Buster's in Fremont. I went with Jon, Rachel and Staci to live it up with the boys for a night on the town. Saturday the weather was playing nice so Staci and I went to Santa Cruz Boardwalk to walk on the beach and ride the roller coaster.
Left or Right Handed
April 26, 2010Waking up early on the weekend is something I try to avoid but occasionally I make exceptions. This time it was for a good cause. Anson's company had organized a volunteer event to help repair a home for an older gentleman in San Jose. We replaced kitchen appliances, toilets, built a new deck, and cleaned up the back yard. I like building things and helping out so it was a good day in the warm weather. That night Matty had gotten an extra ticket to beer fest in San Francisco. We took the train up to the city and into beer heaven. They had Fort Mason lined from end to end with brewery's gladly pouring their wares. I had just the right amount of beer to thoroughly enjoy myself and wake up feeling good in the morning. Sunday, I went with Jon to the ice rink for my first practice session starting up hockey. Turns out I want to stick handle left handed and shoot right handed. I need to pick a hand.
I don't like Tax Time
April 18, 2010I finally made it inside of Pac Bell Park in San Francisco to catch a Giants game. Staci picked up tickets and we joined with a bunch of friends to enjoy a day game opening weekend. The weather had different plans. It turned into a rainy cold day and the start was delayed 3 hours. We made up the time in the bar across the street and were plenty ready when the game actually started. Not exactly what I had in mind but fun nonetheless. Work has been crazy busy. The project that I am on lost a project manager and the other engineer went on vacation. I was literally the only one left. Conrad was in town for a USC/Stanford event this weekend so I got to hang out with him a bit. Matty drove me to downtown PA Friday night to meet up. Saturday Laurie had a BBQ at her place and Staci and I headed over to hang out with the crew.
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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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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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Jason, Looking for Ariel in the Internet I found you. It was nice to know about your life and the one of your Pope. You surely heard what happened to your cousin Peter, unexpectedly November, 27 2009. We all are very sad about it. A bigg huge to you and the rest of the family, Inés
Ines
HAPPY HANUKKAH from a distance!
Mom
my room smells like cat pee.
rachel
You should label your photo's....
Mom
Hi Dotom. How are you? I think we should plan a weekend where I come up and visit. We can go into the city and you can show me your house. That would be fun. Maybe in a couple more pay periods:-)
Sister
Hey Jay! We miss you! Come visit soon. :)
Sarah
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Ines
HAPPY HANUKKAH from a distance!
Mom
my room smells like cat pee.
rachel
You should label your photo's....
Mom
Hi Dotom. How are you? I think we should plan a weekend where I come up and visit. We can go into the city and you can show me your house. That would be fun. Maybe in a couple more pay periods:-)
Sister
Hey Jay! We miss you! Come visit soon. :)
Sarah
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