Hello Everybody,
Another weekend is over and some more thoughts are on my mind. First off, a little weekend recap. Not too much happened overall. We went down to Palo Alto on Friday night, we hadn't been there for a very long time, months at least, so we figured it'd be a good thing to do, just check it out instead of our usual bar stool at 1st and Main. Anyway, due to some limo/cab difficulties, we didn't get down there until 1am. At this point we were questioning even going, but we were in Menlo Park at the time with my cousin, so it was somewhat on the way back anyway, so we thought we'd check it out.
It was pretty dead down there. Unless there was some big party at Blue Chalk or Rudy's that we didn't know about, there wasn't much going on. Old Pro was pretty slow and Nola's was even worse. Luckily we had a good group of people so we had a drink and made the most of it. Found a friend down there who had his car so we got a ride home which was really nice. So a free trip home was good times and then just crashed from there.
Saturday was a pretty nice day. Recovered in the morning and after lunch Bryan and Matty P came over and we went swimming and hung out outside. Getting sun is always a good thing to do. That night my parents went to a friends dinner party, so Bry, Erik and I ordered some pizza's and watched some movies while playing drinking games. Wall-E was ending so we watched that and played a game to that, then Rattatouille was on after so we drank to that as well. Obviously Pixar movies are awesome and the drinking games we found were pretty sweet. Matty P eventually came over and joined us and then we just stayed in from there. Nothing too exciting.
Sunday was nice. Ran some errands and started watching the Harry Potter movies which leads me into my next topic. Well, little background first. Erik, while being on the couch for the last 3 weeks, has been extremely bored and has since read all the Harry Potter books, within 6 days I might add. So he's now been wanting to see the movies since he never has. I figured I'd do it too because I've only seen one (the first one) and so I thought I'd give it another shot since I didn't like it the first time and maybe it'll be better. It wasn't.
Harry Potter is such an idiot. First off he's a little bitch, he can't do anything and he's supposed to be this totally sweet dude. Also, he's so stupid whenever he gets into situations. All he has to do is tell the headmaster (I'm not going to attempt to spell his name) about the problem at hand and it could be solved so easily. But he never tells, he always wants to do it himself and it's so much harder than it would've been. Oh well. So the first movie was really bad. Sorry for all you HP fans out there. However, we started the 2nd movie and watched about half of it today. It is way better than the first. He's still an idiot and I want to punch him in the face a lot of the time, but he's getting better.
I know he's still young and stuff, I just have a feeling he'll never live up to my expectations. We'll see though. I'm going to watch them all and give it a fair shot. I was talking to Chris about Harry Potter today and how I didn't like the first movie. We decided it's like an entire story about the little boy who plays Anakin in Star Wars Ep. I, except that he's also gay. Harry just bothers me, and he needs to step it up in the next movies or I'm not going to be very happy.
No, I have never read the books. I know that may change my opinion but whatever, I'm not going to read them so that's just how it's going to be. Erik did tell me though that in the first 3 books Harry is a retard and the stories suck. But once the 4th book comes along people start doing shit and it gets interesting. So I'm hoping he's right and the rest of the movies are good. We'll see.
Alright, enough ranting about Harry. They're entertaining. Well it's the start of another week again. This week will not be very fun, two people are out on vacation at work so I'm helping cover for them. It's definitely not the end of the world, just going to be a bit busier. That's life though.
I hope you all had a great weekend and I hope you have a good week as well. Stay tuned for my next blog sometime this week about D-Day. You won't want to miss it.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Memorial Day Weekend
Hi All,
So another weekend has come and gone. It was nice, as 3 day weekends always are, but now it's back to reality and work tomorrow. At least it's a 4 day week, that's a good time. Anyway, here's what's going on.
Took Friday off last week, (so really had a 4 day weekend) and headed up to my cabin with my dad on Thursday night. We got up there late but still in time for a Snowshoe pizza and a couple jugs to hold us over for the night. Friday was spent working, started about 9am and worked til about 4:30pm. Installed a new door (frame and everything, didn't just hang a new door on the hinges) and raked a ton of pine needles, but didn't finish those.
Bryan and Andrew showed up at 7:30 and met us at Snowshoe, where we stayed and had dinner before heading home. Jamie and Megan arrived at about 10 or 10:30 that night. Anyway, Saturday was spent doing more work, started around 8:30 that day and finished about 1pm. Much less since we did some work the day before, plus we had more people which made it go much quicker. Megan stayed inside and washed the carpet with a steam cleaner and it looks great now. The rest of us were outside all day raking pine needles. It was tons of fun.
When we finished up we had lunch at Snowshoe, then just hung out that afternoon and napped a little bit while watching Sports Night. It was nice. Showered and got cleaned up and started cocktail hour on the deck, when Summer and Scotty showed up to join us for dinner. Sandy had also driven up that day to join us. We bbq'd steaks and had a full meal consisting of salad, corn, potatoes, bread, etc. Then just hung out for a few hours playing some games with everybody and having a really good time.
When the time came, we headed down to the country club bar where there is always a good time going on. Met up with some other people we knew up there and had some fun. Bryan started a dance train which took over the whole place, and then we just danced a bit and hung out with some Snowshoe folk. Walked home at the end of the night and crashed.
Sunday came with sleeping in, which helped the hangover tremendously. Everybody went home that day, Bryan, Andrew and I were the last to leave around 5pm. We figured we'd get home and relax, plus we'd have a day at home (Monday) before work to get settled in and everything. I think overall it was the right decision.
Well now it's Monday, Memorial Day, and I'm thanking every man and woman who has served this country. It's been a fine day, I was pretty productive but I've also been able to relax a bit which is nice.
So now it's back to work tomorrow for the week. Who knows what next weekend will bring but hopefully something worthwhile to talk about. Until then, have fun and take care.
So another weekend has come and gone. It was nice, as 3 day weekends always are, but now it's back to reality and work tomorrow. At least it's a 4 day week, that's a good time. Anyway, here's what's going on.
Took Friday off last week, (so really had a 4 day weekend) and headed up to my cabin with my dad on Thursday night. We got up there late but still in time for a Snowshoe pizza and a couple jugs to hold us over for the night. Friday was spent working, started about 9am and worked til about 4:30pm. Installed a new door (frame and everything, didn't just hang a new door on the hinges) and raked a ton of pine needles, but didn't finish those.
Bryan and Andrew showed up at 7:30 and met us at Snowshoe, where we stayed and had dinner before heading home. Jamie and Megan arrived at about 10 or 10:30 that night. Anyway, Saturday was spent doing more work, started around 8:30 that day and finished about 1pm. Much less since we did some work the day before, plus we had more people which made it go much quicker. Megan stayed inside and washed the carpet with a steam cleaner and it looks great now. The rest of us were outside all day raking pine needles. It was tons of fun.
When we finished up we had lunch at Snowshoe, then just hung out that afternoon and napped a little bit while watching Sports Night. It was nice. Showered and got cleaned up and started cocktail hour on the deck, when Summer and Scotty showed up to join us for dinner. Sandy had also driven up that day to join us. We bbq'd steaks and had a full meal consisting of salad, corn, potatoes, bread, etc. Then just hung out for a few hours playing some games with everybody and having a really good time.
When the time came, we headed down to the country club bar where there is always a good time going on. Met up with some other people we knew up there and had some fun. Bryan started a dance train which took over the whole place, and then we just danced a bit and hung out with some Snowshoe folk. Walked home at the end of the night and crashed.
Sunday came with sleeping in, which helped the hangover tremendously. Everybody went home that day, Bryan, Andrew and I were the last to leave around 5pm. We figured we'd get home and relax, plus we'd have a day at home (Monday) before work to get settled in and everything. I think overall it was the right decision.
Well now it's Monday, Memorial Day, and I'm thanking every man and woman who has served this country. It's been a fine day, I was pretty productive but I've also been able to relax a bit which is nice.
So now it's back to work tomorrow for the week. Who knows what next weekend will bring but hopefully something worthwhile to talk about. Until then, have fun and take care.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Long Time....
Sorry All,
It's been way too long since i've blogged. my bad. i hope you don't mind i'm not using proper grammar, such as capital i's, but i'm too used to auto-correct so i'm not worrying about it, i hope it's not a big deal.
anyway, a lot has happened since my last post. mainly 2 things. 1) i turned 25. yeah. that's a big one. and 2) my brother had knee surgery, finally. so here goes:
1) a few weeks ago, on May 9, it was my birthday. first off, thanks to everybody who called, emailed, texted, any sort of way of wishing me a happy birthday. i really appreciate all of it. the weekend was really nice actually. friday night Courtney came down to hang out, so we ate some delicious french dip sandwiches from Bandera's and then watched the Giants game. went to bed early ish that night which was nice and we were well rested for the big saturday. After breakfast Courtney and I took a walk to talk about life. It was really nice and i think we're in a good place right now. After that we just hung out back at home with Erik and the family, some people stopped by and it was a very relaxing day overall. For dinner we had a nice steak dinner, just the family, and ended up staying in that night. I didn't feel the need to go out and get wasted just cause it was my birthday, i can do that any weekend night if i want to. anyway thanks again to everybody who was a part of it.
2) Erik came home a few days before my birthday and had surgery the day before, Friday the 8th. Unfortunately he had to stay in the hospital that night but he was hope pretty early Saturday and was recovering on the couch. he is currently still there. his knee has gotten a lot better but it has been pretty rough for the last 10 days or so. he won't be able to walk on it for another month or so i think, but everything went well and it should heal nicely.
*) other stuff going on:
-went to the giants game sunday night, that was awesome. Cain pitched great and even broke up a double play which was sweet. we sat in the Arcade which actually turned out pretty well. so that was fun.
-we're heading up to the cabin this coming weekend for our annual clean up weekend. we have to rake all the pine needles around the cabin, so we're doing a bunch of more work as well. we have to replace the downstairs door, power wash the deck, fix some insulation, etc. we have a good group coming up to help so thanks to those people in advance, it should be a good time.
-work right now is really busy and long, so that's not much fun, but i'm still loving it and am happy to be there. it's mainly just busy because other people are out on vacation and such, but it's not bad helping out. just a little more tired than usual when i get home everyday.
-Bryan and i are working more on moving out. picked up a couch over the weekend that will fit nicely into our new place. started talking about tv's and made a list of other things we'll need to take care of when the time comes. that time will be july.
well i think that's it. if i forgot anything i'll write some more but i can't at the moment. feel free to respond or comment if you have any questions about anything or want to hear about anything. take care.
It's been way too long since i've blogged. my bad. i hope you don't mind i'm not using proper grammar, such as capital i's, but i'm too used to auto-correct so i'm not worrying about it, i hope it's not a big deal.
anyway, a lot has happened since my last post. mainly 2 things. 1) i turned 25. yeah. that's a big one. and 2) my brother had knee surgery, finally. so here goes:
1) a few weeks ago, on May 9, it was my birthday. first off, thanks to everybody who called, emailed, texted, any sort of way of wishing me a happy birthday. i really appreciate all of it. the weekend was really nice actually. friday night Courtney came down to hang out, so we ate some delicious french dip sandwiches from Bandera's and then watched the Giants game. went to bed early ish that night which was nice and we were well rested for the big saturday. After breakfast Courtney and I took a walk to talk about life. It was really nice and i think we're in a good place right now. After that we just hung out back at home with Erik and the family, some people stopped by and it was a very relaxing day overall. For dinner we had a nice steak dinner, just the family, and ended up staying in that night. I didn't feel the need to go out and get wasted just cause it was my birthday, i can do that any weekend night if i want to. anyway thanks again to everybody who was a part of it.
2) Erik came home a few days before my birthday and had surgery the day before, Friday the 8th. Unfortunately he had to stay in the hospital that night but he was hope pretty early Saturday and was recovering on the couch. he is currently still there. his knee has gotten a lot better but it has been pretty rough for the last 10 days or so. he won't be able to walk on it for another month or so i think, but everything went well and it should heal nicely.
*) other stuff going on:
-went to the giants game sunday night, that was awesome. Cain pitched great and even broke up a double play which was sweet. we sat in the Arcade which actually turned out pretty well. so that was fun.
-we're heading up to the cabin this coming weekend for our annual clean up weekend. we have to rake all the pine needles around the cabin, so we're doing a bunch of more work as well. we have to replace the downstairs door, power wash the deck, fix some insulation, etc. we have a good group coming up to help so thanks to those people in advance, it should be a good time.
-work right now is really busy and long, so that's not much fun, but i'm still loving it and am happy to be there. it's mainly just busy because other people are out on vacation and such, but it's not bad helping out. just a little more tired than usual when i get home everyday.
-Bryan and i are working more on moving out. picked up a couch over the weekend that will fit nicely into our new place. started talking about tv's and made a list of other things we'll need to take care of when the time comes. that time will be july.
well i think that's it. if i forgot anything i'll write some more but i can't at the moment. feel free to respond or comment if you have any questions about anything or want to hear about anything. take care.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Snowshoe Sampler, in Pints
Howdy Everyone. Sorry I've been slacking so much on the blogging. I usually remember while I'm at work, but am unable to sign in due to security reasons. Then I get home and forget about it. Alright, enough excuses.
Two weekends ago I was down in San Diego with my buddies Dennis and Bryan. If you want to read more about that, look at Dennis' blog, he talks all about it.
I'm going to focus on this past weekend, up at my cabin. Bryan and I drove up last Friday late afternoon. He couldn't get out of work til then, but it was no big deal since our real plans weren't until Saturday, so we didn't have a rush for Friday. Either way, when we arrived we had a few beers at Snowshoe like usual, then headed back to the cabin for dinner. We ate, had some beers, and played some games. It was pretty fun, but nothing special.
Saturday morning we slept in and hung out, hit up the hot tub a little bit and then got ready for our main plan. We left around 11:15am to walk, yes walk, to Snowshoe. If you've been to my cabin you know that's a solid walk, it's not just down the street. Anyway, that wasn't the best thing, since it was far, but kind of fun and it gave us some exercise for an excuse for what we were about to do. We arrived at Snowshoe at noon, and immediately had a "half time." From there, we decided to do a "sampler," which is a small glass of each beer they have. Since we were planning on being there all day, we wanted to do them in Pints.
There was some skepticism coming from both of us, we've tried all their beers before and we know we don't like certain ones, but how many opportunities like this will we have? So we said F it and went for it. Started with Pitch Black Porter, and went in reverse order from darkest to lightest. We figured that would be the best plan. I think the two worst of the day were the Porter and the Apricot, which was gross.
Anyway, we sat there all day, watched the draft a little bit, mingled with people, talked to the bartenders, sat outside in the sun for a few minutes, it was quite the afternoon. Courtney was planning to show up at 6pm for the night, which also worked out well because she was our ride home. This was all part of the plan though. Anyway she arrived right at 6pm as scheduled and hung out with us while we finished our last beer, which was 2 more after we finished the sampler, for those of you keeping score at home.
Then we just got some dinner at the market, bbq'd at home and hung out all night. Ended up going to bed pretty early but that's mostly due to the day drinking, it really makes you tired if you do it for long enough, which we did. It was really good to see Courtney too, we hadn't seen each other since November so that was really nice.
Sunday was pretty lazy in the morning, full of breakfast and movies on the couch. Always a good way to start off Sunday. Driving home wasn't ideal, but it never is.
All in all it was a great weekend! I'm sure it won't be an uncommon thing from now on, at least doing the "whole day" at Snowshoe. I doubt I'll ever do the sampler again, and I probably won't walk there unless I absolutely have to, but I will definitely spend the day at Snowshoe in the future. It was quite enjoyable.
I hope you all are doing well. Sorry it's been so long since I've done this, but I'll do my best to get back on the horse.
Take care.
~Kevo
Two weekends ago I was down in San Diego with my buddies Dennis and Bryan. If you want to read more about that, look at Dennis' blog, he talks all about it.
I'm going to focus on this past weekend, up at my cabin. Bryan and I drove up last Friday late afternoon. He couldn't get out of work til then, but it was no big deal since our real plans weren't until Saturday, so we didn't have a rush for Friday. Either way, when we arrived we had a few beers at Snowshoe like usual, then headed back to the cabin for dinner. We ate, had some beers, and played some games. It was pretty fun, but nothing special.
Saturday morning we slept in and hung out, hit up the hot tub a little bit and then got ready for our main plan. We left around 11:15am to walk, yes walk, to Snowshoe. If you've been to my cabin you know that's a solid walk, it's not just down the street. Anyway, that wasn't the best thing, since it was far, but kind of fun and it gave us some exercise for an excuse for what we were about to do. We arrived at Snowshoe at noon, and immediately had a "half time." From there, we decided to do a "sampler," which is a small glass of each beer they have. Since we were planning on being there all day, we wanted to do them in Pints.
There was some skepticism coming from both of us, we've tried all their beers before and we know we don't like certain ones, but how many opportunities like this will we have? So we said F it and went for it. Started with Pitch Black Porter, and went in reverse order from darkest to lightest. We figured that would be the best plan. I think the two worst of the day were the Porter and the Apricot, which was gross.
Anyway, we sat there all day, watched the draft a little bit, mingled with people, talked to the bartenders, sat outside in the sun for a few minutes, it was quite the afternoon. Courtney was planning to show up at 6pm for the night, which also worked out well because she was our ride home. This was all part of the plan though. Anyway she arrived right at 6pm as scheduled and hung out with us while we finished our last beer, which was 2 more after we finished the sampler, for those of you keeping score at home.
Then we just got some dinner at the market, bbq'd at home and hung out all night. Ended up going to bed pretty early but that's mostly due to the day drinking, it really makes you tired if you do it for long enough, which we did. It was really good to see Courtney too, we hadn't seen each other since November so that was really nice.
Sunday was pretty lazy in the morning, full of breakfast and movies on the couch. Always a good way to start off Sunday. Driving home wasn't ideal, but it never is.
All in all it was a great weekend! I'm sure it won't be an uncommon thing from now on, at least doing the "whole day" at Snowshoe. I doubt I'll ever do the sampler again, and I probably won't walk there unless I absolutely have to, but I will definitely spend the day at Snowshoe in the future. It was quite enjoyable.
I hope you all are doing well. Sorry it's been so long since I've done this, but I'll do my best to get back on the horse.
Take care.
~Kevo
Monday, April 6, 2009
Vegas Baby!
Well, I was in Vegas this last weekend for a bachelor party. Needless to say it was AMAZING! I'd love to tell you all about it, but you know the Vegas motto. Sorry everyone. I'll do my best to summarize it without breaking any rules.
1) Gambled A LOT - not down as much as I was expecting. Happy about this.
2) Drank? Yes.
3) Body English at the Hard Rock - good times.
4) Mandalay pool, daquiris, awesomeness.
Alright I think that's about it without getting too detailed. Great time. Thanks to all the boys who were there. Can't wait to do it again July 18th, in California though....
As for the rest of my thoughts: Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 7, is opening day for the Giants. Jeffy Adams is home til tomorrow night, so Bryan and I are taking the afternoon off to watch the game. We'll be at 1st and Main if anybody wants to meet up. First pitch is at 1:05pm. First beer is at 12:55.
GO GIANTS!
1) Gambled A LOT - not down as much as I was expecting. Happy about this.
2) Drank? Yes.
3) Body English at the Hard Rock - good times.
4) Mandalay pool, daquiris, awesomeness.
Alright I think that's about it without getting too detailed. Great time. Thanks to all the boys who were there. Can't wait to do it again July 18th, in California though....
As for the rest of my thoughts: Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 7, is opening day for the Giants. Jeffy Adams is home til tomorrow night, so Bryan and I are taking the afternoon off to watch the game. We'll be at 1st and Main if anybody wants to meet up. First pitch is at 1:05pm. First beer is at 12:55.
GO GIANTS!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Last Weekend of March
Greetings from sunny California!
Yes, that's right, I am currently sitting outside my back yard with my shirt off working on my tan. This needs to be done because I'm in an office all day, and I am VERY white. It's actually kind of gross, but hopefully this sun will help things out.
Anyway another weekend is in the books. Nothing too crazy happened. Saturday we biked up to Zott's, up in the hills which is about a 9 mile bike ride. We do this a few times a year and it's really fun. The ride up there is really hard, especially because none of us bike regularly, but when we get there it's beer time. We'll get burgers for lunch but there's always a few pitchers of Sierra Nevada which tastes so good after that bike ride.
Jimmy was in town and he joined us up there, Thomas, Bryan and I did the ride, but Jimmy drove to meet us. Jamie and Megan also drove up there to meet us so we had a good little group. It was fun.
After lunch we biked back home and showered. Then met up back at Bryan's to watch a movie and continue with the beer drinking. We watched that new movie, Sex Drive, mostly because the main character, Josh Zuckerman, went to middle school with us, so we wanted to check out the movie. It was actually pretty funny. We all liked it a lot. I think it helped that we were drinking throughout the movie, but either way it was good times.
After the movie wwe just played some drinking games and Bryan's mom joined us, which was fun. We had some dinner and then around 9:30 decided to walk downtown to 1st and Main to meet up with Jimmy and have some more beers. That was fun as well and then I just walked home.
So nothing too crazy, like I said before. Now it's just another week of work until Thursday night and I'm off to VEGAS BABY! So excited about that. I haven't been to Vegas in a couple years so it's definitely time to scratch the itch.
I'm sure I'll have a hell of a story for next week, but maybe now considering the Vegas motto. So we'll see.
Anyway I hope you are doing well. Enjoy the sun!
Yes, that's right, I am currently sitting outside my back yard with my shirt off working on my tan. This needs to be done because I'm in an office all day, and I am VERY white. It's actually kind of gross, but hopefully this sun will help things out.
Anyway another weekend is in the books. Nothing too crazy happened. Saturday we biked up to Zott's, up in the hills which is about a 9 mile bike ride. We do this a few times a year and it's really fun. The ride up there is really hard, especially because none of us bike regularly, but when we get there it's beer time. We'll get burgers for lunch but there's always a few pitchers of Sierra Nevada which tastes so good after that bike ride.
Jimmy was in town and he joined us up there, Thomas, Bryan and I did the ride, but Jimmy drove to meet us. Jamie and Megan also drove up there to meet us so we had a good little group. It was fun.
After lunch we biked back home and showered. Then met up back at Bryan's to watch a movie and continue with the beer drinking. We watched that new movie, Sex Drive, mostly because the main character, Josh Zuckerman, went to middle school with us, so we wanted to check out the movie. It was actually pretty funny. We all liked it a lot. I think it helped that we were drinking throughout the movie, but either way it was good times.
After the movie wwe just played some drinking games and Bryan's mom joined us, which was fun. We had some dinner and then around 9:30 decided to walk downtown to 1st and Main to meet up with Jimmy and have some more beers. That was fun as well and then I just walked home.
So nothing too crazy, like I said before. Now it's just another week of work until Thursday night and I'm off to VEGAS BABY! So excited about that. I haven't been to Vegas in a couple years so it's definitely time to scratch the itch.
I'm sure I'll have a hell of a story for next week, but maybe now considering the Vegas motto. So we'll see.
Anyway I hope you are doing well. Enjoy the sun!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The New (few months old) Bond
Hey Everybody,
I know I've been MIA lately on the blog, my bad, it's been a really busy week for me. Last weekend not too much happened, so instead I'll share my thoughts about Quantum of Solace. I saw it in the theater when it came out in November, and hated it. Terrible movie. It just came out on dvd the other day and figured since I have Netflix, I'd check it out again just to make sure my initial thoughts were correct, or in fact I was mistaken.
Terrible movie.
Ok, I shouldn't say terrible movie, because as a movie it's really not that bad. It has good scenes, good fighting, shooting, chases, etc. As a Bond lover, it sucks. Let me explain.
First off, before everybody says anything, I do like Daniel Craig as Bond. I think he's a very good Bond.
1. No opening to the movie with the white ball (barrel) strolling across the screen from left to right and Bond walking back to the left, then shooting down the barrel and blood streaming down. That didn't happen until the end credits. Why? First of all it should have been at the beginning, it wasn't in Casino Royal either and it also bothered me then. So they put it in the end, but what's the point? If you're going to have it at all, put it in the beginning as usual, the end is just stupid.
-Yes, I understand they are trying to "remake" the Bond franchise, but doing so with the movies is understandable, this part of the Bond movies has nothing to do with the actual movie, it's just a Bond staple, and there's no reason to get rid of it.
-The best explanation I have heard about this was randomly tonight from Bryan, who said that they were introducing Bond with these 2 new movies, and he wasn't really "Bond" as everybody knows him until the end of this 2nd one. Now he's gotten over the chick, and ready to just be a badass. So ok, it's at the end, I can get over this if in fact the next one has it, and is more of a traditional Bond, which leads me into point #2.
2. Why are they reinventing Bond? Was Bond bad? Last I heard the series had been around for 40+ years and it has tons of fans. Bond is a classic movie where you know exactly what is going to happen, but it's always thrilling and entertaining. You know he's going to get the girl, get captured, have the entire plan laid out for him by the bad guy, and then he saves the world. Every single Bond movie is like that and that's what's great about it. These new movies are like the Bourne movies, but without Bourne. Bourne is awesome cause he kicks everybody's ass. Bond was more "spy" and more "sophisticated" type that drank martini's and wore tux's. I think they should have stuck to what the "Bond" films are.
3. Quick Points:
-No Q - What's the point of not having him? He's awesome, it's like Alfred in Batman movies.
-Bond didn't get the girl - complete bullshit
-No Bond theme song - yeah that's right, nowhere in the movie did they play any of the Bond theme songs
-No "martini, shaken, not stirred" - stupid Vesper drink is taking over - not cool with that
I know I've been MIA lately on the blog, my bad, it's been a really busy week for me. Last weekend not too much happened, so instead I'll share my thoughts about Quantum of Solace. I saw it in the theater when it came out in November, and hated it. Terrible movie. It just came out on dvd the other day and figured since I have Netflix, I'd check it out again just to make sure my initial thoughts were correct, or in fact I was mistaken.
Terrible movie.
Ok, I shouldn't say terrible movie, because as a movie it's really not that bad. It has good scenes, good fighting, shooting, chases, etc. As a Bond lover, it sucks. Let me explain.
First off, before everybody says anything, I do like Daniel Craig as Bond. I think he's a very good Bond.
1. No opening to the movie with the white ball (barrel) strolling across the screen from left to right and Bond walking back to the left, then shooting down the barrel and blood streaming down. That didn't happen until the end credits. Why? First of all it should have been at the beginning, it wasn't in Casino Royal either and it also bothered me then. So they put it in the end, but what's the point? If you're going to have it at all, put it in the beginning as usual, the end is just stupid.
-Yes, I understand they are trying to "remake" the Bond franchise, but doing so with the movies is understandable, this part of the Bond movies has nothing to do with the actual movie, it's just a Bond staple, and there's no reason to get rid of it.
-The best explanation I have heard about this was randomly tonight from Bryan, who said that they were introducing Bond with these 2 new movies, and he wasn't really "Bond" as everybody knows him until the end of this 2nd one. Now he's gotten over the chick, and ready to just be a badass. So ok, it's at the end, I can get over this if in fact the next one has it, and is more of a traditional Bond, which leads me into point #2.
2. Why are they reinventing Bond? Was Bond bad? Last I heard the series had been around for 40+ years and it has tons of fans. Bond is a classic movie where you know exactly what is going to happen, but it's always thrilling and entertaining. You know he's going to get the girl, get captured, have the entire plan laid out for him by the bad guy, and then he saves the world. Every single Bond movie is like that and that's what's great about it. These new movies are like the Bourne movies, but without Bourne. Bourne is awesome cause he kicks everybody's ass. Bond was more "spy" and more "sophisticated" type that drank martini's and wore tux's. I think they should have stuck to what the "Bond" films are.
3. Quick Points:
-No Q - What's the point of not having him? He's awesome, it's like Alfred in Batman movies.
-Bond didn't get the girl - complete bullshit
-No Bond theme song - yeah that's right, nowhere in the movie did they play any of the Bond theme songs
-No "martini, shaken, not stirred" - stupid Vesper drink is taking over - not cool with that
-He never says "Bond, James Bond"
-He doesn't gamble in this one - usually along the way Bond is seen in some sort of social setting where he wins a ton of money from somebody, so easily and skillfully, but that doesn't happen in this one. Don't even get me started on playing Texas Hold 'em in Casino Royal, that was absolute crap, should have been Baccarat, but that's the older Bond so I won't mention it too much here. Anyway, he should have gambled at some point in this movie.
4. The entire plot of this movie, somebody buying up all the water in Bolivia and then charging the government twice what they were paying before in order to make money....Ok, two things. First, this happened in real life. And the guy got away with it. It's true, right now in South America, it might not be Bolivia, but one of those countries, a private sector owns the water, and is making a fortune with it. Bond movies are supposed to have rediculous plot lines like nuking a country, or stealing all the gold from Fort Knox, not something that has actually happened. Secondly, who cares about Bolivia? Really? This actually did happen, you know who cared about it? Nobody.
Ok, enough ranting about this dumb movie. I guess I just don't like it mostly because I grew up on Bond films. I've seen them all, own most of them, and love them. It's a great series. Yes there are some bad Bond films, but I'm just more of at traditional Bond fan. And yes, Connery is and will always be Bond, not even a question.
Things I liked about this movie:
- They're reintroducing SPECTRE, which is now called QUANTUM, but that's ok, SPECTRE was a sweet bad guy in the old Bond movies, so I like how they're going back to this
- Felix is awesome, he was cool in the old movies as well, so I'm glad they brought him back
Ok I think that's it for now. I can't think of much more. If I do, I'll come back and add to this, but feel free to leave your comments or questions if you'd like. This is just my opinion of course.
*For the record - my favorite Bond film of all time is "You Only Live Twice"
Hope you all are doing well.
Cheers!
4. The entire plot of this movie, somebody buying up all the water in Bolivia and then charging the government twice what they were paying before in order to make money....Ok, two things. First, this happened in real life. And the guy got away with it. It's true, right now in South America, it might not be Bolivia, but one of those countries, a private sector owns the water, and is making a fortune with it. Bond movies are supposed to have rediculous plot lines like nuking a country, or stealing all the gold from Fort Knox, not something that has actually happened. Secondly, who cares about Bolivia? Really? This actually did happen, you know who cared about it? Nobody.
Ok, enough ranting about this dumb movie. I guess I just don't like it mostly because I grew up on Bond films. I've seen them all, own most of them, and love them. It's a great series. Yes there are some bad Bond films, but I'm just more of at traditional Bond fan. And yes, Connery is and will always be Bond, not even a question.
Things I liked about this movie:
- They're reintroducing SPECTRE, which is now called QUANTUM, but that's ok, SPECTRE was a sweet bad guy in the old Bond movies, so I like how they're going back to this
- Felix is awesome, he was cool in the old movies as well, so I'm glad they brought him back
Ok I think that's it for now. I can't think of much more. If I do, I'll come back and add to this, but feel free to leave your comments or questions if you'd like. This is just my opinion of course.
*For the record - my favorite Bond film of all time is "You Only Live Twice"
Hope you all are doing well.
Cheers!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Spring Training Weekend
Sorry everybody, i forgot to post my blog about last weekend. This will be a short one since I'm sure none of you actually care....
Weekend was awesome. Went down to Spring Training with Erik, Bryan and Jamie. Much smaller group than normal, but just as much fun. Went to the casino, got cleaned out. Went to happy hour, drank some Mai Tai's that were delicious. Then PF Changs for dinner, good times. Bryan wa struggling but made it by. Myst that night, it's a nightclub, Jamie's friend hooked us up with a VIP status, good times but could have been way better.
Next day - recovered, went to the Giants baseball game. Met these sweet old guys sitting behind us and were hanging out with them for awhile.....found out they were also from Los Altos, small world. Then just hung out that afternoon until dinner at Saddle Ranch. Pretty fun. From there we went back to Myst, our buddy there hooked us up with an even better VIP place. Not just a table, but our own room with a balcony overlooking the dance floor. That was pretty cool. Bryan met this chick in a bachelorette party that was identical to Natalie Portman. He liked that a lot, but nothing happened at the end. Oh well. Otherwise a great time.
The next morning sucked. We were all super hungover and had to catch an early flight, 9am to be exact. Erik had confusion on his flight, which was all my fault, but basically he missed his, and ended up sitting at the airport for 5 hours until he could catch another, in which case he didn't get back to DC until late that night. I felt really bad for him. Meanwhile, Bryan and I made it home safely and I spend the rest of the afternoon on the couch. It was nice.
So that's it from the weekend, nothing too special came out of it, but overall a good time.
This weekend coming up who knows. Maybe some day drinking at Zott's on Saturday, but I have a feeling Friday night will be pretty quiet and low key, which is a good thing now and then.
Alright that's it for me. I love you all.
Weekend was awesome. Went down to Spring Training with Erik, Bryan and Jamie. Much smaller group than normal, but just as much fun. Went to the casino, got cleaned out. Went to happy hour, drank some Mai Tai's that were delicious. Then PF Changs for dinner, good times. Bryan wa struggling but made it by. Myst that night, it's a nightclub, Jamie's friend hooked us up with a VIP status, good times but could have been way better.
Next day - recovered, went to the Giants baseball game. Met these sweet old guys sitting behind us and were hanging out with them for awhile.....found out they were also from Los Altos, small world. Then just hung out that afternoon until dinner at Saddle Ranch. Pretty fun. From there we went back to Myst, our buddy there hooked us up with an even better VIP place. Not just a table, but our own room with a balcony overlooking the dance floor. That was pretty cool. Bryan met this chick in a bachelorette party that was identical to Natalie Portman. He liked that a lot, but nothing happened at the end. Oh well. Otherwise a great time.
The next morning sucked. We were all super hungover and had to catch an early flight, 9am to be exact. Erik had confusion on his flight, which was all my fault, but basically he missed his, and ended up sitting at the airport for 5 hours until he could catch another, in which case he didn't get back to DC until late that night. I felt really bad for him. Meanwhile, Bryan and I made it home safely and I spend the rest of the afternoon on the couch. It was nice.
So that's it from the weekend, nothing too special came out of it, but overall a good time.
This weekend coming up who knows. Maybe some day drinking at Zott's on Saturday, but I have a feeling Friday night will be pretty quiet and low key, which is a good thing now and then.
Alright that's it for me. I love you all.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Work Friends and Erik's Home for Spring Break
Greetings!
It's Monday, the day after daylight savings, and every year it bothers me. Not the time change, that's fine, it's the people that can't handle it. "OH MY GOD I HAVE TO WAKE UP AN HOUR EARLIER!!!" Relax. It's really not the end of the world. It's an hour, deal with it....And then you get these people on Monday who ask what time you woke up today, and I reply "6am" or whatever, then they proceed to say, "the new 6 or the old 6?" Jesus, I don't know, I woke up and my clock said 6. Since I'm a normal human being and change my clocks the day of (which is Sunday), I guess that means I woke up at the "new 6." Alright, enough ranting about people....
So last week I was thrown into a training class Monday morning since my boss had to change his schedule. It was a bit last minute, but luckily I was able to shift my schedule around in order to make it work, and it turned out to be awesome. The class in itself was just alright. I learned some stuff and shared some laughs with some people throughout the days, but whatever, I have come to expect that with training classes. The cool part was the people I met in the class, Jason, Pierre and Katrina. They were all very cool people.
So throughout the week we kind of befriended each other and talked during breaks and stuff, pretty standard. However, on Thursday, they were planning on driving up to Muir Woods after class and then checking out San Francisco since some of them had never been. They invited me to go along with them which was definitely the right decision. Luckily we got out of our class earlier than expected....just a little after noon, so we had plenty of time to enjoy the rest of the day. As I drove up north with them in the car, I tried to point out the "landmarks" of the west side of the bay area. These included Apple Headquarters, The Linear Accelerator, and of course, the "Flintstone House." Anyway we stopped just over the Golden Gate to take some pictures and stuff, but then kept on heading north until we got to Muir Woods, which is just about 15 minutes farther, so it wasn't too bad at all.
The woods were really cool. It was cold and damp, mostly because it had been raining that morning, but also because we were literally in the middle of a forest and the sunlight didn't reach the ground too often. It was pretty cool though, we walked a few miles on some trails and had some good talks. Everybody was keeping an eye out for an Ewok, but unfortunately we didn't find any....they must have been hiding. Katrina had a bit of a problem with staying on the trail...she was really excited to go stand next to the big stumps and things, which was actually really funny, and honestly nobody cared she was off the trail.
So when we finished up there we headed back across the Golden Gate and into San Francisco. We drove by the Palace of Fine Arts which everybody seems to be in awe of, but I just know if from a scene in The Rock. I don't know what else is special about it, but again I'm not a very "artsy" guy. Anyway we drove down Lombard Street, not on request, I just thought they'd like to do that, and then headed to Union Square. I took them up the glass elevators in the St. Francis hotel which of course scared me to death. I love those things but I am deathly afraid of heights. So when we made it back down to the safety of the ground, we walked around the corner and found a place to eat dinner. Pierre enjoyed a Guinness while I had a simple Sierra Nevada, and then Katrina and I split a bottle of white wine. Jason drove us home afterwards.
The car ride home was pretty fun. Had some good laughs and shared some stories. Then while we were on the way to my house (they were dropping me off), I asked if they were up for having a beer or two at The BW, otherwise known as The Boardwalk. Of course they agreed and we headed there. I taught them what a "Peanut Race" was and they fell in love with that. It was really a fun time. Pierre offered to drive from there and I'm pretty sure Katrina's exact words were, "Let's get wasted!" Anyway a few pitchers of Anchor Steam later, and multiple peanut races, we were all definitely under the influence. It was time to head out so they dropped me off and I said my goodbyes. I don't know when I'll be seeing them again but I hope it's sooner than later, they are all very good people. For reference: Katrina and Jason work at BAE in Johnson City, NY and Pierre is in Rockville, MD.
The rest of the weekend I will recap quickly - Friday I worked, got off early afternoon, ran errands with my brother (who is home for spring break) and then just hung out that night. Made a cameo appearance at 1st and Main that night, then went home - Saturday was more errands, and it was beautiful weather so we walked to the high school and played catch with a baseball, football, and then a little frisbee. Thomas and Bryan were with us too. Went home from there and had a beer or two, Dad got home from his baseball game and took us to 1st and Main for another beer, then came home and bbq'd dinner, played drinking games afterwards and had a good night, fell asleep watching Tremors which is always awesome - Sunday was pretty lazy, after sleeping in of course we bbq'd hot dogs for lunch and watched Body of Lies, not bad, but nothing spectacular, then cleaned out the garage which wasn't very fun but at least the jeep is able to be driven again, plus I'm ready for good weather so I can drive it around. After that just hung out a bit, then went to dinner with my dad's old police partner and his family, then called it a night.
Great times last Thursday. I guess I probably should've blogged on Friday so this one wouldn't be so long but oh well. The weekend was pretty regular, nothing too crazy happened. It was great weather though and I'm really looking forward to the summertime. Just 4 days and I'll be in Scottsdale for Spring Training so luckily I don't have to wait too long for warmth and baseball.
See you all soon.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Bryan's Birthday Weekend
Greetings!
Another weekend has passed and it's time for the summary. First off let me tell you, it wasn't nearly as crazy as I thought it was going to be. That's not necessarily a bad thing though...
On Friday we all got out of work early and headed up to the cabin, it was Bryan, Andrew and myself. Thomas and Katie were in the second car about 20 minutes behind us. We made it up there with no problems, and actually had to walk up the driveway. There was still enough snow that we couldn't drive without doing a bit of shoveling first. However, we all pitched in and busted it out in about 20 minutes, so we were able to bring the cars to the top. That really helped out for the rest of the weekend.
The rest of the day was pretty mellow. We headed into Snowshoe for a beer or two and picked up some pizza's for dinner. Then just returned to the cabin and hung out there for the rest of the night. Ate dinner, watched some tv, had a few beers and a few discussions which is always a good time. We knew we were getting up early Saturday to ski, so we didn't go too big that night.
Saturday morning came and we left early for the mountain, just three of us, Thomas and Katie stayed at the cabin and relaxed all day. So Bry, Andrew and I snowboarded from the opening of the mountain until 1pm, and called it quits. We got in 18 runs in that time which is pretty solid....the snow wasn't excellent but still really nice and it was a ton of fun. We hit Grizzly and the top of it was really nice, some untracked powder, but towards the bottom it was all chopped up and icy, which is not a good time.
After skiing we just went back to the cabin. Relaxed in the hot tub and had some lunch. Late afternoon we put on Rambo 4 since Katie had never seen it. Of course it was awesome as usual, Katie didn't think so though....I guess she's not much of a Rambo fan. I don't know what's wrong with her, you'll have to ask her.
The decision for dinner that night was to eat at Snowshoe, and then come back to party afterwards. Dinner was delicious as always, and of course we had a few beers while we were there. Katie thankfully drove us home and then we started up some drinking games in honor of Bryan's birthday. A little beer pong (real beer pong, with paddles), and then some cards gave us a few hours or entertainment. We were thinking about going to the club at the end of that night, but ended up staying in the whole time. Everybody, except me, just changed their minds. It was alright though, we had a really fun time and then just fell asleep watching True Lies.
Sunday morning we cleaned up the cabin and took off, headed back down the mountain to home, where we all are now. All in all it was a good trip, could've been better, but could've been a lot worse.
I'll update this when something interesting happens, otherwise I'll just see you next week!
Another weekend has passed and it's time for the summary. First off let me tell you, it wasn't nearly as crazy as I thought it was going to be. That's not necessarily a bad thing though...
On Friday we all got out of work early and headed up to the cabin, it was Bryan, Andrew and myself. Thomas and Katie were in the second car about 20 minutes behind us. We made it up there with no problems, and actually had to walk up the driveway. There was still enough snow that we couldn't drive without doing a bit of shoveling first. However, we all pitched in and busted it out in about 20 minutes, so we were able to bring the cars to the top. That really helped out for the rest of the weekend.
The rest of the day was pretty mellow. We headed into Snowshoe for a beer or two and picked up some pizza's for dinner. Then just returned to the cabin and hung out there for the rest of the night. Ate dinner, watched some tv, had a few beers and a few discussions which is always a good time. We knew we were getting up early Saturday to ski, so we didn't go too big that night.
Saturday morning came and we left early for the mountain, just three of us, Thomas and Katie stayed at the cabin and relaxed all day. So Bry, Andrew and I snowboarded from the opening of the mountain until 1pm, and called it quits. We got in 18 runs in that time which is pretty solid....the snow wasn't excellent but still really nice and it was a ton of fun. We hit Grizzly and the top of it was really nice, some untracked powder, but towards the bottom it was all chopped up and icy, which is not a good time.
After skiing we just went back to the cabin. Relaxed in the hot tub and had some lunch. Late afternoon we put on Rambo 4 since Katie had never seen it. Of course it was awesome as usual, Katie didn't think so though....I guess she's not much of a Rambo fan. I don't know what's wrong with her, you'll have to ask her.
The decision for dinner that night was to eat at Snowshoe, and then come back to party afterwards. Dinner was delicious as always, and of course we had a few beers while we were there. Katie thankfully drove us home and then we started up some drinking games in honor of Bryan's birthday. A little beer pong (real beer pong, with paddles), and then some cards gave us a few hours or entertainment. We were thinking about going to the club at the end of that night, but ended up staying in the whole time. Everybody, except me, just changed their minds. It was alright though, we had a really fun time and then just fell asleep watching True Lies.
Sunday morning we cleaned up the cabin and took off, headed back down the mountain to home, where we all are now. All in all it was a good trip, could've been better, but could've been a lot worse.
I'll update this when something interesting happens, otherwise I'll just see you next week!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Jeff Adams and Thomas' Art Show
Hi Friends,
Another week has gone by and a lot happened this weekend. It was really fun seeing Jeff for a few days and Thomas' art show was a big hit. I'll try to keep it short but if you're reading this, you know me, I tend to ramble...
I took Friday off due to my awesome work schedule, which meant since Jeff was home for the week, we went bowling Thursday night. Normally this wouldn't happen with work at 6am everyday, but like I said, I took the day off. Nothing too special happened there, except I think we all drank 2 pitchers each, that definitely made our last game the worst one. In fact I think only one of us broke 100 in that last game....that's pathetic.
So Friday morning was hangover city at my house. After waking up and getting enough energy to walk out to the couch, I turned on the tv and took a little nap. It definitely helped, but didn't cure me. The night before we made plans to do things during the day, starting at 11, so at that time, my head still pounding, I went to pick up Jeff. We went up to Stanford and walked "the dish." Which is about 3.5 miles of trails through some hills with some pretty good views of the bay area. Normally we would walk a little faster, but we were both hurting a little bit and decided to take a nice and easy stroll. When we finished up there it was lunch time so we headed to one of our favorite spots, the Dutch Goose. It's a local favorite for burgers and beer, although we didn't have a beer during lunch, which was my fault. I needed a soda to completely recover.
A burger and fries later, we headed back to my house to drop the car off, filled up a red cup each with some leftover Snowshoe and started walking downtown. Bandera's was closed at 2:30pm so we went to the "new" bar, 1st and Main. We called Bryan around 3 to entice him to get off work and come meet us for a drink, which he did, and showed up around 3:30. A beer or two later, it was 5:30, and time to get going since we were meeting at 6:30 with our parents to go to the Boardwalk for dinner. Dinner was good as always but a little more low key than usual. I think that had to do with out previous 4 or 5 hours of drinking and being in the sun, tired us out a little bit.
Once we got back home we were rejuvinated and ready to make it a fun night. We just played some games for about an hour and then called a cab to take us to downtown Palo Alto to check out the bars down there. Well the cab took longer than expected, and we didn't end up getting to PA til around midnight, which actually wasn't that bad. It was pretty uneventful for awhile, and pretty quiet, but then we ran into some old friends at Old Pro and hung out for a bit. It came time to leave and we headed home.
Saturday was a pretty good day....I helped Thomas set up for his art show in the morning, but then we all went to Su Hong for lunch and that was delicious. We watched Me, Myself and Irene and I must say that is a really underrated movie. I've seen it before but there are some really funny lines in that movie. That pretty much consumed our afternoon until Thomas' show started at 6. That was a great time.
The art show had 3 sections of photos, all of which were really good, one of them so good I decided to buy it, and I really wasn't expecting to buy anything. There was wine and snacks and the whole thing turned into a huge social event. A ton of people came and some even said they were going to go down to PA later that night to check it out. We tried to tell them they'd be missing out by not going to 1st and Main (walking distance) but they wanted a better crowd I think. Either way the show ended at 10 and we all left to go downtown to the bar and that turned into a great time. A bunch of people showed up, drinks were bought, shots were taken, saw some old friends. I love that place. Walked home with the guys and parted ways as we passed by the houses, then called it a night.
Sunday was couch day. I rested all day and it was magnificent. We watched some golf on tv, Phil pulled ou the win which is cool, and I'm really excited for next week when Tiger is back. That should be very interesting. I really hope he completely dominates, but we'll see what happens. Later that afternoon we went over to the neighbors for a drink which was fun, I always like hanging out with them, and then just hung out until bed time.
All in all it was a really good weekend. Jeff unfortunately had to leave Sunday back for Michigan, but while I'm on the subject, if anybody knows of any jobs in advertising, please let me know. He's looking for something. It doesn't have to in California either.
Anyway that's it for now. Sorry it got long again, but nobody has complained yet so until somebody does, I'm just going to keep doing it how I want to do it. I hope you all are doing well and check back soon.
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Another week has gone by and a lot happened this weekend. It was really fun seeing Jeff for a few days and Thomas' art show was a big hit. I'll try to keep it short but if you're reading this, you know me, I tend to ramble...
I took Friday off due to my awesome work schedule, which meant since Jeff was home for the week, we went bowling Thursday night. Normally this wouldn't happen with work at 6am everyday, but like I said, I took the day off. Nothing too special happened there, except I think we all drank 2 pitchers each, that definitely made our last game the worst one. In fact I think only one of us broke 100 in that last game....that's pathetic.
So Friday morning was hangover city at my house. After waking up and getting enough energy to walk out to the couch, I turned on the tv and took a little nap. It definitely helped, but didn't cure me. The night before we made plans to do things during the day, starting at 11, so at that time, my head still pounding, I went to pick up Jeff. We went up to Stanford and walked "the dish." Which is about 3.5 miles of trails through some hills with some pretty good views of the bay area. Normally we would walk a little faster, but we were both hurting a little bit and decided to take a nice and easy stroll. When we finished up there it was lunch time so we headed to one of our favorite spots, the Dutch Goose. It's a local favorite for burgers and beer, although we didn't have a beer during lunch, which was my fault. I needed a soda to completely recover.
A burger and fries later, we headed back to my house to drop the car off, filled up a red cup each with some leftover Snowshoe and started walking downtown. Bandera's was closed at 2:30pm so we went to the "new" bar, 1st and Main. We called Bryan around 3 to entice him to get off work and come meet us for a drink, which he did, and showed up around 3:30. A beer or two later, it was 5:30, and time to get going since we were meeting at 6:30 with our parents to go to the Boardwalk for dinner. Dinner was good as always but a little more low key than usual. I think that had to do with out previous 4 or 5 hours of drinking and being in the sun, tired us out a little bit.
Once we got back home we were rejuvinated and ready to make it a fun night. We just played some games for about an hour and then called a cab to take us to downtown Palo Alto to check out the bars down there. Well the cab took longer than expected, and we didn't end up getting to PA til around midnight, which actually wasn't that bad. It was pretty uneventful for awhile, and pretty quiet, but then we ran into some old friends at Old Pro and hung out for a bit. It came time to leave and we headed home.
Saturday was a pretty good day....I helped Thomas set up for his art show in the morning, but then we all went to Su Hong for lunch and that was delicious. We watched Me, Myself and Irene and I must say that is a really underrated movie. I've seen it before but there are some really funny lines in that movie. That pretty much consumed our afternoon until Thomas' show started at 6. That was a great time.
The art show had 3 sections of photos, all of which were really good, one of them so good I decided to buy it, and I really wasn't expecting to buy anything. There was wine and snacks and the whole thing turned into a huge social event. A ton of people came and some even said they were going to go down to PA later that night to check it out. We tried to tell them they'd be missing out by not going to 1st and Main (walking distance) but they wanted a better crowd I think. Either way the show ended at 10 and we all left to go downtown to the bar and that turned into a great time. A bunch of people showed up, drinks were bought, shots were taken, saw some old friends. I love that place. Walked home with the guys and parted ways as we passed by the houses, then called it a night.
Sunday was couch day. I rested all day and it was magnificent. We watched some golf on tv, Phil pulled ou the win which is cool, and I'm really excited for next week when Tiger is back. That should be very interesting. I really hope he completely dominates, but we'll see what happens. Later that afternoon we went over to the neighbors for a drink which was fun, I always like hanging out with them, and then just hung out until bed time.
All in all it was a really good weekend. Jeff unfortunately had to leave Sunday back for Michigan, but while I'm on the subject, if anybody knows of any jobs in advertising, please let me know. He's looking for something. It doesn't have to in California either.
Anyway that's it for now. Sorry it got long again, but nobody has complained yet so until somebody does, I'm just going to keep doing it how I want to do it. I hope you all are doing well and check back soon.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Valentine's Day Weekend and Snowboarding
Hi Folks,
Well President's Day weekend is over and it was a nice 3 day weekend to say the least. Friday afternoon wasn't that great trying to get out of the bay area and up to the mountains with all of the traffic, our typical 2 1/2 hour trip took us over 4 hours. We could've done without that. However we made it up to our cabin and were rewarded with some Snowshoe beer which is needless to say, delicious. It was nice after having to walk up and down our driveway since it was full of a few feet of snow.
Saturday we went up to Bear Valley to get some snowboarding in and it was some of the best snow in the last 10 years. In fact the only other time I can remember it being that good was back when I was still skiing, which was actually more than 10 years ago, so maybe I can't count....Anyway, waist deep powder is so much fun. It sucks when you fall on a flat spot and have to dig or "swim" yourself out, but when you make a turn and the snow fluffs up into your face, there's nothing quite like it. Other than the fantastic snow, that day was pretty uneventful, especially for being Valentine's Day. I didn't have a Valentine this year, but luckily Jamie and Megan were there to keep me company. We all hung out together which was really nice, plus Jamie brought Rambo and there's nothing better than Rambo on Valentine's Day, haha.
Sunday was round 2 for skiing and it was almost a complete white out on the mountain. The snow was once again amazing, but it was tough to see past about 50 yards. We bundled up and boarded for a few hours, but called it quits around noon, mostly due to the lack of visibility, but also because there's only so much discomfort you can handle. Either way the mountain is getting a ton of much needed snow and it is so much fun. The rest of that day was nice, I didn't get a nap which could've helped, but Jamie and I watched Eurotrip while Megan napped and that's always a good movie to see. That night we bbq'd a tri-tip which was pretty tasty, and then just hung out all night. The club was closed so we didn't walk down there to party, just had a few drinks at the cabin and played some games. It was nice.
Monday came and we cleaned up and headed home. It was a very good ski weekend, but not much happened other than that. Nothing too exciting to report anyway. Now it's just back to work for the week, but thanks to my awesome job, I'm able to take this Friday off, which means only a 3 day week for me and another 3 day weekend next weekend! I won't be heading up to the cabin though, Thomas is putting on his art show Saturday night and pretty much the entire city is invited. It should be fun. If you'd like to check out the information for his art show, please click here.
So stay cool California, and you too Frank.
Well President's Day weekend is over and it was a nice 3 day weekend to say the least. Friday afternoon wasn't that great trying to get out of the bay area and up to the mountains with all of the traffic, our typical 2 1/2 hour trip took us over 4 hours. We could've done without that. However we made it up to our cabin and were rewarded with some Snowshoe beer which is needless to say, delicious. It was nice after having to walk up and down our driveway since it was full of a few feet of snow.
Saturday we went up to Bear Valley to get some snowboarding in and it was some of the best snow in the last 10 years. In fact the only other time I can remember it being that good was back when I was still skiing, which was actually more than 10 years ago, so maybe I can't count....Anyway, waist deep powder is so much fun. It sucks when you fall on a flat spot and have to dig or "swim" yourself out, but when you make a turn and the snow fluffs up into your face, there's nothing quite like it. Other than the fantastic snow, that day was pretty uneventful, especially for being Valentine's Day. I didn't have a Valentine this year, but luckily Jamie and Megan were there to keep me company. We all hung out together which was really nice, plus Jamie brought Rambo and there's nothing better than Rambo on Valentine's Day, haha.
Sunday was round 2 for skiing and it was almost a complete white out on the mountain. The snow was once again amazing, but it was tough to see past about 50 yards. We bundled up and boarded for a few hours, but called it quits around noon, mostly due to the lack of visibility, but also because there's only so much discomfort you can handle. Either way the mountain is getting a ton of much needed snow and it is so much fun. The rest of that day was nice, I didn't get a nap which could've helped, but Jamie and I watched Eurotrip while Megan napped and that's always a good movie to see. That night we bbq'd a tri-tip which was pretty tasty, and then just hung out all night. The club was closed so we didn't walk down there to party, just had a few drinks at the cabin and played some games. It was nice.
Monday came and we cleaned up and headed home. It was a very good ski weekend, but not much happened other than that. Nothing too exciting to report anyway. Now it's just back to work for the week, but thanks to my awesome job, I'm able to take this Friday off, which means only a 3 day week for me and another 3 day weekend next weekend! I won't be heading up to the cabin though, Thomas is putting on his art show Saturday night and pretty much the entire city is invited. It should be fun. If you'd like to check out the information for his art show, please click here.
So stay cool California, and you too Frank.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Cabin
Hello All,
Well I'm heading to my cabin tomorrow which should be a ton of fun. They're getting all sorts of snow up there, finally, and I'm really excited about going boarding. I haven't gone since New Years so it's about time to get my butt up there. I just hope it's not too crowded, but with it being President's Day and all, I'm sure it will be. It's cool though, I'll deal with it.
Jamie and Megan are joining me, so it's just the three of us for a few days. Obviously we'll be on the mountain during the days, but the way we ski is early in the morning, then get home early afternoon in time for a nap before dinner. So if you're looking for me on the mountain don't bother after 2pm, we'll be gone by then. But check the backside mostly, with a few Porridge Bowl and Monte Wolf runs in there, perhaps Grizzly if it's nice. Anyway I hope everybody has a great weekend and maybe I'll see you at Snowshoe. Cheers!
Well I'm heading to my cabin tomorrow which should be a ton of fun. They're getting all sorts of snow up there, finally, and I'm really excited about going boarding. I haven't gone since New Years so it's about time to get my butt up there. I just hope it's not too crowded, but with it being President's Day and all, I'm sure it will be. It's cool though, I'll deal with it.
Jamie and Megan are joining me, so it's just the three of us for a few days. Obviously we'll be on the mountain during the days, but the way we ski is early in the morning, then get home early afternoon in time for a nap before dinner. So if you're looking for me on the mountain don't bother after 2pm, we'll be gone by then. But check the backside mostly, with a few Porridge Bowl and Monte Wolf runs in there, perhaps Grizzly if it's nice. Anyway I hope everybody has a great weekend and maybe I'll see you at Snowshoe. Cheers!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Washington DC and York, PA
Hey Boys and Girls,
Well it's Monday night, so I thought I'd reflect on last weeks happenings. Shouldn't be too long, but we'll see where it goes once I get started...
Obviously during the week last week was pretty boring, for you guys that are reading my blog, since I just worked. So we'll skip to Wednesday afternoon when my dad and I flew out to Washington DC to visit my brother for the weekend. That day was also fairly boring and uneventful, nothing cool happened at the airport or on the plane. We didn't get in til after midnight so we were both pretty tired. Anyway Erik picked us up and we made it back to his place to crash on his futon and air mattress.
Thursday was full of errands. We borrowed the Shuckley's car (you like that Jimmy?) which was a huge help to us, and ran errands for Erik, picking up stuff at Costco and doing laundry. Things that are tough for him in the city without a car all the time. We also went out to Arlington National Cemetery to say hi to Grandpa which was nice. That night we went out with Erik's graduate school friends for a free happy hour, and then of course went big after that. I don't even remember where we had dinner, but I know we ended up at Old Glory in Georgetown which is always a good time. Jill hung out for a bit but then pulled a Jason Bourne and disappeared without telling anybody. Oh well. Somehow we made it back to the hotel and crashed after getting some late night pizza.
Friday was hangover city and I was the mayor. It was tough, but we pulled through and ran some more errands, then hung at the hotel a bit and watched a movie while we rested. It was nice, We watched "You Don't Mess With The Zohan." Not a great movie, but it had some funny parts. That night we met some good family friends and went to dinner at Peking Gourmet Inn, it has the best duck in the world. It's delicious. After that we tried to go out but just weren't in the mood, so we called it a night.
Saturday for some reason my bother and dad wanted to get out of the hotel and do stuff, instead of being lazy, but it was a really nice day so I complied. We went to the Museum of American History at the Smithsonian and checked out some cool stuff. After that I convinced them to rest and watch a movie, which they later agreed we should have done all day. We opened a bottle of wine while watching, and then another, and another. We watched the Narnia sequal which was just ok too, not great. But the wine was delicious, as always. For dinner we met up with Jimmy and Tammy again, went to Ruth's Chris for a nice steak. The food was amazing but the service was pretty bad. Didn't bother us too much, we were having a good time. From there we went out and tried to get the night going by taking some shots, but that just turned out to be a bad idea. Got home soon after that and went to sleep.
Sunday we had to wake up early to take my dad to the airport which wasn't very fun, but it was something we had to do. Then Erik and I ran some more errands that afternoon and picked up my rental car which I needed for Monday. That night was just some dinner and we watched 3:10 To Yuma, Erik hadn't seen it before. Then crashed at his place again.
Monday morning came and I had to drive up from Washington DC to York, PA. It's about 2 hours north and a really beautiful drive (if you bypass Baltimore and go the scenic route). I went up to our BAE facility there to meet with a lady who was training me on a new computer program we have. I'll be the resident expert at the Santa Clara site. When that was over after a few hours, I drove back down to Baltimore to catch my flight home that afternoon. Of course it was delayed and I'm still not home yet. As I type this I'm sitting in the Denver airport waiting for my connecting flight to take off.
All in all a good weekend. Nothing super crazy to report, nothing bad either which is good. This week at work won't be too great, especially tomorrow considering I'm getting in late tonight, but I'll make it work.
I hope you all are enjoying the blogs, let me know if they are too boring or if you want other things to talk about. I'm sure now that I'm getting back to town I'll update it more than just once a week so keep checking back if you'd like. Until then, be excellent to each other, and party on dudes!
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Well it's Monday night, so I thought I'd reflect on last weeks happenings. Shouldn't be too long, but we'll see where it goes once I get started...
Obviously during the week last week was pretty boring, for you guys that are reading my blog, since I just worked. So we'll skip to Wednesday afternoon when my dad and I flew out to Washington DC to visit my brother for the weekend. That day was also fairly boring and uneventful, nothing cool happened at the airport or on the plane. We didn't get in til after midnight so we were both pretty tired. Anyway Erik picked us up and we made it back to his place to crash on his futon and air mattress.
Thursday was full of errands. We borrowed the Shuckley's car (you like that Jimmy?) which was a huge help to us, and ran errands for Erik, picking up stuff at Costco and doing laundry. Things that are tough for him in the city without a car all the time. We also went out to Arlington National Cemetery to say hi to Grandpa which was nice. That night we went out with Erik's graduate school friends for a free happy hour, and then of course went big after that. I don't even remember where we had dinner, but I know we ended up at Old Glory in Georgetown which is always a good time. Jill hung out for a bit but then pulled a Jason Bourne and disappeared without telling anybody. Oh well. Somehow we made it back to the hotel and crashed after getting some late night pizza.
Friday was hangover city and I was the mayor. It was tough, but we pulled through and ran some more errands, then hung at the hotel a bit and watched a movie while we rested. It was nice, We watched "You Don't Mess With The Zohan." Not a great movie, but it had some funny parts. That night we met some good family friends and went to dinner at Peking Gourmet Inn, it has the best duck in the world. It's delicious. After that we tried to go out but just weren't in the mood, so we called it a night.
Saturday for some reason my bother and dad wanted to get out of the hotel and do stuff, instead of being lazy, but it was a really nice day so I complied. We went to the Museum of American History at the Smithsonian and checked out some cool stuff. After that I convinced them to rest and watch a movie, which they later agreed we should have done all day. We opened a bottle of wine while watching, and then another, and another. We watched the Narnia sequal which was just ok too, not great. But the wine was delicious, as always. For dinner we met up with Jimmy and Tammy again, went to Ruth's Chris for a nice steak. The food was amazing but the service was pretty bad. Didn't bother us too much, we were having a good time. From there we went out and tried to get the night going by taking some shots, but that just turned out to be a bad idea. Got home soon after that and went to sleep.
Sunday we had to wake up early to take my dad to the airport which wasn't very fun, but it was something we had to do. Then Erik and I ran some more errands that afternoon and picked up my rental car which I needed for Monday. That night was just some dinner and we watched 3:10 To Yuma, Erik hadn't seen it before. Then crashed at his place again.
Monday morning came and I had to drive up from Washington DC to York, PA. It's about 2 hours north and a really beautiful drive (if you bypass Baltimore and go the scenic route). I went up to our BAE facility there to meet with a lady who was training me on a new computer program we have. I'll be the resident expert at the Santa Clara site. When that was over after a few hours, I drove back down to Baltimore to catch my flight home that afternoon. Of course it was delayed and I'm still not home yet. As I type this I'm sitting in the Denver airport waiting for my connecting flight to take off.
All in all a good weekend. Nothing super crazy to report, nothing bad either which is good. This week at work won't be too great, especially tomorrow considering I'm getting in late tonight, but I'll make it work.
I hope you all are enjoying the blogs, let me know if they are too boring or if you want other things to talk about. I'm sure now that I'm getting back to town I'll update it more than just once a week so keep checking back if you'd like. Until then, be excellent to each other, and party on dudes!
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Super Bowl Weekend
Howdy All
I hope everybody is recovering nicely from Super Bowl Sunday, even though the Steelers won, it was still a great day. Yes, that’s true, I was hoping the Cardinals could pull off an upset, and they almost did, which made it a pretty exciting game. The day in general was an overall success. I think the first beers were cracked around 2:30, still fighting my hangover from Saturday’s wine tasting/going out in SF. So here’s a recap.
Friday was fairly low key. After putting in 49 hours of work last week, I was exhausted. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to break any records or anything; I know many of you work way more than that, but it’s still a lot, and it made me tired. So that night I went to our local “beer and pizza” place, nicknamed The BW, but otherwise known as The Boardwalk. Sorry Santa Cruzers, not the Beach Boardwalk, this one is in
Saturday morning came early as my dad and I needed to catch an 8:15am train up to
A few hours later two other friends, Bryan and Andrew, drove up to
Sunday morning came and hit us all like a ton of bricks. Headaches all around, somebody was drinking water from a soup bowl, and we passed around the bottle of Advil. The drive home didn’t help us feel better, but since we got home early, there was time for a couple hour nap before the super bowl, which pretty much saved me. About 15 people came over for the bowl, and there were tons of food and drinks to go around. Nobody was super drunk, everybody just enjoyed a few throughout the game and it was a great time. Played a little catch at halftime in the front yard with Thomas and Adriana, always fun to do while it’s 70 degrees out. After everybody left and we cleaned up, I was tired. Went to bed around 9pm and just immediately fell asleep. It was a much needed rest after a long, but very fun weekend.
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