Bean Counting Surfer

I got wood!!

2010-06-22T10:56:00.000-07:00

No seriously, I do! I'm trying to fund my new PCP hull. Buy my Tom Wegener Alaia Blank. I won it at an Expo but don't think I'll ever get a chance to shape and surf it.

Selling it for $180 OBO... It costs $66 to ship it so probably a good idea for SoCal only.

Interesting

2009-08-04T13:43:00.000-07:00

Surfing 3 days (Sat-Mon) of the last swell was fun. I learned a lot.
1. I still get scared when the waves are overhead. Saturday was literally a paddleout for me with the wedding board. I struggled for 50% of the sesh trying to get out. 30% of it was resting, waiting for the right wave (mostly walled up) and 20% scraping for waves. I managed to get past the break twice.. on the third time, I was too tired to paddle back out and called it a day. A few years ago, I probably would have given it another go but the wife was there and told me to be careful.
2. With that, I realize that I have more at stake than just my life. I wouldn't want to leave this world with the wife and kid alone. I told her this on the drive home and she started to cry (hormones, I guess). She thought I was blaming her for cutting the hour sesh short. I really wasn't, I just wanted to point out that my priorities have changed.
3. Sunday was better for me. It was still big but not as consistent. I was able to get out with a few duck dives on the wedding board. I also caught 2 waves that the wife saw me catch. Sweet! I can ride the wedding board!!! I have a whole lot of learning that needs to go on with that board. I made a bottom turn and it felt like I caught the tail of my board and stopped. Don't know how to explain it. Board felt super stable though.
4. Monday was a doctor appointment day. I usually take a day off for these because I'd have to pay for parking ($7) since I'm on the vanpool. Also another opportunity to surf! Knowing that the swell was going to die down, I took out the fish. Although I caught more 5 waves, I wished that I took out the wedding board (it was in the car). The waves were still there, just a longer wait. My reasoning was the paddle in and paddleout. I didn't think I could handle the extra effort. Next time it's wedding board all the time.
5. I've completely forgotten I've named all my boards when mentioned in this blog. Ahh well. I'll try to stick to what they really are.

I'm into week 5 of the workout program. I'm for damn sure getting stronger but not losing the weight. I really need to find the happy medium of eating with my wife and not challenging her to an eating contest. Since she's pregnant, she eats a whole lot! I'm still the same weight as a I started. Feel free to send me any quick healthy meal recipes. Side note, the instructor is getting kind of annoying. I'll have to try the other audio options.

Also, when does this whole water rationing thing start? I can't stand all these people wasting water... government included! Tip of the day: turn off the water while lathering. It saves me a minute of water use. Now I gotta figure out how to save the water used while waiting for it to get warm. I think the wife would frown at a bucket in the shower.

Surf this weekend! Woo hoo!!

For all you Doo Dah Surfers

2009-07-24T07:30:00.000-07:00

SHARK!!!!

Sunset Beach — On July 23, 2009 Scott at SunsetSurf.com received the following report from Raun; “There was a shark sighting today at Sunset Beach around 7:15 AM. I was looking out for incoming waves and saw the creature jump out of the water as if it was going after prey. I don't think I was the only one to see it as some of us paddled in a little closer to shore, but still surfed afterwards.” Please report any shark sighting, encounter, or attack to the Shark Research Committee.

KNOCK KNOCK! Who's there? SWELL!

2009-07-21T09:37:00.000-07:00

Well, that's what all the reports say. Sweet!! I get to surf the wedding board again! FYI.. wedding board is a 5'10 SurfRX New Toy.. Then again, I've only caught 1 wave with that thing in a handful of sessions. The fish might be the call. And, good thing we have a dr. appt. on Monday.. dare I say? Three days of surf? Probably won't do the costume thing.

Surf this past weekend was ehh.. they had a contest at my favorite spot. The first wave I caught was a left that I took over into the contest area... I hate contests... especially when they post up where all the waves are. Anyway, I took the wave left and one of the groms in the contest tried to drop in on me. I just stayed on the wave. All he did was yell, "Fuck fuck fuck." Dude get a grip.. There are other waves. That's where it all went downhill. I tried to paddle back out but another contestant caught a wave. It was a right. I thought, "Hmmm, if he keeps going right, he'll hit me. Nah, he'll cut back, spray me and then finish the wave off." Uhh not so much. Little fucker just kept going and ran over the top of my board. The tanker now has a ding on the side of the nose. Small enough for me to repair but damn. The kid just said sorry and too off paddling like I was gonna beat his ass. ARGH!

Finished off the set trying to catch small waves. I could tell I was tired but not like last week. I think I'm getting used to the whole program. I'm going to try switch my Friday workout with my Wednesday workout. Friday is back and legs. I think all the pullups make me tired for Saturday sessions. I didn't lose any weight this week. My diet really sucked but I do feel a lot stronger. I amazed at how much more I can do.

So, the higher ups have decided and furloughs are going to start for us. I feel pretty lucky that it's taken this long for furloughs to start. For my salary range, I get 16 days. A lot of it will be used for dr. appts. The others, for surf days. Woo hoo!! Or, maybe I'll try to find another job. It's hard to say because my car is paid off in August. My car payment and loss in pay pretty much cancel out. Actually, I'd get an extra $100. No problem for me.. I hope.

This reminds me.. I need to email a certain someone!

Be safe in the water!

Click me!

2009-07-14T13:31:00.001-07:00

Week 1

2009-07-14T11:04:00.000-07:00

I started the weightloss fight (again) last week and here are my results and observations. I've lost 3lbs since my first weigh in. I weight myself everyday and my highest weight loss was 6lbs. On those days, I at sensible... a lot of protein with veggies and fruit. The weekend was a different story. I didn't try to stuff everything in my mouth, like I normally do but I did eat until I felt I was full. On a scale of 1-10 for eating speed, I used to go at a pace of 8.5. Over the weekend it was about a 6.7.. I also stopped the HIIT because I took the day off on Wednesday (OB appt) and surfed in the afternoon. Early morning workouts take a lot out of me.

I realize I'm missing some stuff.. leave a message and I'll clear it up.

I haven't done HIIT since last Wednesday but plan to start again tomorrow... we went to a concert last night so I'm a little tired.. and there's a mountain of clothes to fold.

When I first started the program, I tried out the pull up bar that attaches to the door frame. I didn't use it because the screws left marks on the walls and the support thingies made indents. See here for fix and what the hell I'm talking about: http://www.weightloss-hq.biz/fitness-equipment/p90x-pull-up-bar.html. I started out using bands but after I found the fix, I used the pullup bar and really felt the pain and soreness.

And, this is probably the reason why I sucked it up during my Saturday sesh. I swear I couldn't catch a wave. The shape and power wasn't there but I should have caught more than I did. I stayed out for a little more than 2 hours to fill my "3 waves makes a sesh" quota. I was on my tanker, too!! And, just to make things worse, one of the older guys there (who was humping his board to catch waves) kept telling me how to surf as if I was a beginner. Argh! I hate it when people tell me that. Hopefully, my paddling strength will come back this weekend so I can redeem myself.

One good thing out of the sesh was meeting Patch. Man that guy can surf!

One of my friends, FKA Scarecrow, really wants to do the Doo Dah thing. I'm over it. Too many people and a good chance of dinging my board. She's trying to convince me so I might do it. I have a few coworkers too so her costume idea would be sweet if we all did it. Side note, I support charities so don't give me a hard time for not doing it.

I also recently purchased a buckwheat hull pillow. That thing is the shit! I swear I wake up like I've had a great nights sleep. We also have a foam bed so this pillow makes it even better.

And, I think I found my next board. I've been doing some research on Hull boards and think this would work for my ability. Really interesting board. I really need to get rid of the CIS board. Hit me up if you're interested. It's a Flyer F, I think. I'll have to look up the dims.

Later!

BACK!

2009-06-25T13:37:00.000-07:00

Finally back on the blog. A lot has happened.. here it is in a nutshell.. or is it list?

1. Married the girl who's mom had a problem with me. Everything is great! We have our own place and are going to a grom in December. We don't want to know the sex of the baby but "If it's a boy, I only have to worry about one little dick... if it's a girl, I have to worry about a whole lot of little dicks." That is what I'll be telling my kid when they're older... "You know, we wanted you to be a surprise but (insert quote)." Honeymoon was in Bora Bora at the cuatro Seasons. Awesome place. Didn't surf but relaxed, sweated, snorkeled, swam with the sharks, fished, ate great food and sweated. Don't forget to save some money cause that place is super expensive.

2. Wife got me a 5'10 new toy. It has a plaid design using our wedding colors. I named it Plaidypus. I've surfed it about 3-4 hours total and have caught 1 wave.

3. I've gained a lot of weight back (too embarrassed to tell) so I'm taking this season off and concentrating on my family, weight loss and surfing.

4. Purchased that infomercial workout. I'll post results.

5. Budget cuts have finally hit my job... please give me the furloughs.

6. I've reduced my quiver to 6. 10' Weber Stylist, 9'6 Becker Performance (I forgot), 6'2 KG Fish, 6'6 Surf RX Single Fine, 5'10 Surf RX New Toy and a untouched 6'2 CI Flyer F. I ordered that cause I got a deal and was planning to sell it. been over a year and I'm thinking of just trading it for another board. Boards sold: 7'6 Becker LC, 6'4 Rusty Pirahna, 6'1 DLC. I think that's all?

7. Having your parents drill "family" into your head, get divorced, then remarry has messed me the f up. My dad has remarried someone younger than me.. that, up until 1.5 weeks ago, lived in another city, 17 hrs away.. by plane. My mom showed up last xmas with her bf.. that messed me up.. I don't know if they're still together (I could careless) cause I haven't seen them together.. or my mom got the not so subtle hint I gave her. I want them to be happy.. it's just hard.. I need time.. or more money.. so I can pay for therapy... surfing helps a lot though and that only costs $7RT.

8. Realized that last month was 7 years of surfing for me. I don't ever want to stop.

On tap for the rest of the week is surf (probably longboard) for the weekend, MIL's 60th bday, biking and hanging out with the wife.

There is that surf gathering at Sunset on 7/25... I'm kind of over it but my buddy loves that event and has been trying to get me to commit to it. I'm thinking about it cause her costume idea was cool.

Basic, Closed Right Turn, Closed Right Turn Open...

2007-11-06T14:05:00.000-08:00

Woo hoo!! I got to surf twice this past weekend. Saturday, took the fish out to my favorite spot.. I could have hit the OC but didn't think it would be worth the drive (and I found out later that I made the right choice). I managed to grab a handful of waves in the 1.5 hours I was out. This was the first time I've taken this board in a long time. I caught one good sized wave but was only to bottom turn and go up the face.. then it closed out.. It was a solid popup and turn so I was stoked... I did notice, however, that I need to put some ding repair near the tail. The corner where the bottom of the board and rail meet have come apart. Sunday, I took the tanker out because I wanted to catch a lot of waves in just a short time; I only had an hour. And, I did just that. I caught a lot of waves and had a great time. I did have an incident with one other longboarder. I was on a wave and going down the line. The wave started to close out so I tried to beat it. While I was pumping, there was a guy in the water holding onto the tail of his board. He didn't hold onto his board and hit my shin when the wave closed out. I gave him the finger and paddled back out. Then he says, "That was totally uncalled for. We're all supposed to get a long." I just told him to hold on to his board and paddled away from him.. I should have told him that I value safety before getting along with others... because I think if everyone follows the rules, getting along will happen automatically.. Was I out of line? Probably. Oh well. Another incident I had was with another longboarder sitting in the inside. I've been observing him and his buddy all sesh. I tried to stay away from them because they didn't move when people were on the waves. But, I saw a set wave and couldn't resist. I whipped my board around and popped up.. out of the corner of my eye, I see another guy, with the right of way, catch the wave. I couldn't pull out of the wave because that longboarder decided to just sit where he was. I fell off my board and it almost hit the guy on the wave. Good thing he had a good sense of humor. I explained that I tried to get off but couldn't. He was cool with it.. And, he was surfing with a toothpick!!! WTF!! I pointed that out and told him it was funny.. His reply, "Can't help it, I'm a Texan." Good laugh. Ended my sesh with a closeout wave that I popped up on and then went to my belly. Surf this weekend again... Three days, hopefully! I have Monday off.

I also went to dinner with the gf's dad. It was great. I think he likes me. He offered to cook for me. The gf said, "Wow, he didn't even offer to cook for me!" Woo hoo!!

And damn the gf's mom.. her mom gave out her email to a friend that knows somebody single without her knowing. So, when her mom told her and asked for her picture, the gf said no. This really pisses me off. I feel that her mom thinks that I'm not good enough.. shit I ain't over at your house every other day for nothing! and don't give me shit about not knowing anything about me. it ain't my fault that you watch youtube (TFC) for more hours than I work in a week. FUCK!!!

RED Project update:
10/29-11/04: Ran 5 days (2miles each day) and walked 1 day for 40 minutes (2miles). Knee still kind of hurts but not as bad as before. I think I'll just keep the miles per day down and just take care of it more.

Oh yeah and I started salsa lessons!! Super fun!! And damn the gf can dance! Gotta catch up to her!! And damn the instructor.. she had some stencil temporary tatoo on her chest and wore a low top.. I COULDN'T STOP LOOKING!! Funny thing is.. I think it help me focus!! HAHHAHAAHA!! oh well.. dance shoes for next week.

I've been wanting to do a carpool entry.. I think it'll be entertaining.

LATER!

Lurker

2007-10-24T14:20:00.000-07:00

That's what I've been the past month or so... Not much of a blogger any more... probably cause I don't have time at work and hate the thought of looking at the computer when I get home.. anyway.. some random things in a random order. The last surf session I has was on the twin fin with Scarecrow.. Only caught two waves and they closed out... bad timing because we got there at high tide.. ahh well riding two waves is better than staying at home thinking about it.

Then there was that night I took the gf out to dinner.. got all dressed up.. she was impressed.. she didn't think her chubby, short wearing, sandal smacking bf could look so good... hee hee.. I try :)... we went to this posh restaurant in the quasi-LA area.. food was good.. service sucked major ass.. took 15min just to get fucking water... she got a $2 tip... oh well.. so we left that spot and went to that place where you melt stuff for dinner.. I've been there before and the mojitos, gf's fave drink, were super good.... get there.. no mojitos... they ran out of mint!! then the gf asked for something with malibu rum.. out of that too!! dammit.. she just ordered something off the drink list.. now me... no irish beer.. ok.. vodka tonic... the vodka I wanted was out.. DAMMIT!!! Pick whatever for me bartender.... then.. another group sat at the bar... out of cuervo gold... so the bartender used something else... oh yeah.. the orange juice was frozen too.. man wtf... bartender is cool but man who is keeping track of the bar needs?

And dang.. we need some rain!! I hate breathing in ash and my room smelling like a campfire... enough already.. and damn me for not surfing this past weekend.. I saw pictures but thought it was too windy to surf... ahh fuck...

Also, I've been getting irritated by one of my good friends.. motherfucker thinks he knows everything.. I know he means well but he just talks down to me like I don't know shit.. I just appear not to know anything cause I don't think the way he does.. tough to explain without giving up a lot of detail... and it doesn't help that I work in the same company with the guy... and it doesn't help that he's super sensitive.. I hold back a lot of comments because I know it'll hurt his feelings... but he seems like he let's everything go with me... guess it's my fault for having thick skin... and I really want to tell him to grow some fucking balls... people will still be your friend if you make decisions... ahh fuck it... giving away way too muhc.. I'll just avoid him... vent over..

Surf hopefully this weekend.. and 2nd interview for a supervisor spot next week.. woo hooo!! and happy birthday to me.. tomorrow!! AHAHHAHAHA!!

The doosy!

2007-10-02T11:44:00.000-07:00

Sorry I've been late to update.. not that anyone should really care..
but I've been busy at work and I hate going on the computer when I get home.

So let the race report begin. First, the drive up with the gf took 5.5 hours with a couple of stops for food and gas. It was really great.. she made the ride up there go fast... we saw some potential racers (they had tribikes on or in their cars) and wanted to make good luck signs.. but we didn't.. no paper.. we arrived in Santa Cruz at about 2 and hit the expo... what a disappointment! Booths are nice and the shirt is rad but how in the world do they not have gels!!! I didn't buy any before the race because I thought I could buy them.. NOPE!!! FUCK ME!!! After that hit the boardwalk then headed off to the hotel, checked in and another WTF!!! I have the timing chip, but no ankle bracelet. First, I
thought.. oh maybe they just record your time as you come into the transitions (they did this by hand at camp pendlet0n).. so I go back and ask one of the volunteers, "Hi, I didn't get a strap for my timing chip." She reaches into a box and hands me a plastci wrist band.. like the fluorescent ones you get for clubs.. dammit!! I already have one of these.. and maybe a big problem.. what if it doesn't fit around my ankle? FUCK!!! Here I was laughing at a tri company giving out free timing chip straps.. I'm such a fool... anyway, I tried it on before Ileft and it was loose...

Got back to the hotel, picked up the gf and headed out to find some gels. Rite@id.. nope! TraderJ0es.. nope! "Excuse me miss.. is there a Target around here?" She just laughed at me and said no... FUCK!!!! Then the gf suggest GNC.. SWEET there's one in town... drive towards it.. not knowing the streets and come across an outdoors store.. SWEEET!!! Pulled over and bought 6 strawberry banana.. fweeh.. now my heart can rest.. Time to go check the run so the gf knows where to cheer me on.. We went to the turn around spot and kept driving for what seemed like longer than 6.5 miles.. turned around and checked if we missed a turn.. Nope... turned around again and went further.. YUP! 6.5 miles is a long time. .even in the car.. oh man the run is gonna suck major ass! After that, we had dinner and back to the hotel.

We turned in pretty early, for us, 10pm. I woke up to our neighbor playing some damn stoner music.. something to do with weed.. couldn't go back to sleep **highlight for more information** and got frisky with the gf.. good thing it didn't last too long.. dammit!!! no sex before a race!!! Got up at 5am, showered and headed out.. late check out was 2pm
so I couldn't come back and shower.. oh well..

Got to the race and parked my bike, got body marked and headed to the water.. Side note.. gf had her new $600 purse with her and the permanent ink rubbed off my skin and onto the handle.. oops!! dang my tattoo!! the body marker had to put it on my forearm cause of it.. ahh well.. headed to the beach and tested the water.. NICE!! not too cold.. my body temp should warm up pretty fast.. 5... 4... 3... 2... 1!!!! GO!!! Run into the water and start swimming.. still with the pack.. had to push, dunk, get dunked, kicked in the ribs, kicked in the arm and elbowed in the head... GOOD TIMES!! combat swimming!! after a few minutes thepack evened out.. or they're all faster than me.. hee hee!! OR!! I swam off course!! I pick the last two!! I stopped swimming and was lookedover to my right.. oops I'm a good 50 meters from everyone.. ahh well..
keep swimming to the buoy.... got there and still see people with the same color cap (who started a the same time).. SWEET! I'm not last!! turned headed toward the beach.. the announcer said to aim for the bottom part of the hotel... so I did.. oh wait.. he meant the bottom part where it meets the ramp.. FUCK!! off course again.. and I think I
hit some good current and wasn't moving for a while.. hee hee!! One of the lifeguards had to escort me back to the pack.. SWEET!! Green caps!!! and yellow.. and orange.. and red.. AH FUCK! Keep swimming!! by now, my surf wetsuit (I waited too long to rent one.. and the place that I thought would have it only had sleeveless ones) worked my neck.. see pics below.

Out of the water and into the transition (about a two blocks). Saw the gf cheering me on and man that felt really good. Took off the wetsuit and put on the bike gear.... (speaking of wetsuits.. scarecrow and I were changing into our suits and she was having the hardest time putting hers on.. "WTF!! Dude I think I gained major weight!" I started laughing at her and waxed my board. She was still struggling and cussing by the time I was finished. I went over and told her to hurry up.. then I heard her laugh aloud.. "Dude!! I was putting my foot in the arm!!!" AHHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Oh man that was great!!!) dang it!! my socks got wet!! oh well, they'll dry on the bike.. the thought of blistered feet kept running threw my head as I ate half a powerbar and drank some water... ran out of the transition and saw the gf again.. SWEEET!!! On to 56 mile of flat to moderately rolling hills... so I thought..

On the bike is a relatively easy hill.. I granny gear it and pass some of the women that go out of the water before me and start to get comfortable. I'm hitting about a 20mph average and feeling good. Not much to really talk about for the first half except the fact that the salt pills I put in my bent0 box got crushed and all I had was dust.. I probably looked like a drug addict out there. Eating while pedaling wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.. I was afraid I'd look down too long and crash but I didn't.. Oh yeah and another dumb move by me.. I forgot to reset my bike computer.. I didn't know what mile I was on!! DAMMIT!! I did get to see the leaders on their way back.. man they looked like they weren't even trying!! must be nice.. oh yeah.. and I got passed by everyone and their grandma.. no seriously!!!

Finally the turnaround!! I was starting to get bored! Ok, time to conquer those rolling hills.. that to me were really hills and get a negative split. Yeah not so much.. Those hills were tough.. I think the route back was uphill.. I got passed by a lot more people.. this really big guy just ate the hills up and blew past me.. probably in the clydesdale division.. and they probably started last.. FUCK!! Then I looked at my average mph.. oh wait!! I'm averaging about 18.6mph.. sweet!! And!! bombing the hills was super fun.. I hit 40mph numerous times and without pedaling... It helped a lot going up the hills because my momentum took me halfway up... Finished the bike and saw the gf again.. put the shoes on.. oh yeah.. socks haven't fully dried yet so uh oh.. ate the other half of the powerbar put my gear on and headed out.. up the hill and checked my pace on my watch.. 10:30.. sweet! about 500yrds after I started, my back starts to hurt.. WTF!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I start to walk and stretch it out.. but it didn't work.. fuck it.. I didn't train 6 months and give up so much of my social life to quit.. It's gonna be a long day!!!! Pass mile 1 and anything faster than a jog hurt so bad.. I try to ignore it but can only do it for a few minutes.. I ended up running about 4 mins and walking about 7 mins. wash, rinse, dry and repeat.. and you know that hickey my wetsuit gave me? sweat started to hit it and it hurt like hell!! there was lots of encouragement out there so that was a plus... and note to race directors.. how about putting the portopotties after the food? I'm just sayin... smellin poo doesn't really help the food... at about midpoint, I see the gf waiting and she yelling at the top of her lungs, "Stop walking!!!!" That cracked a smile so I jogged over to her and she gave me a huge hug. I told her I wanted to quit and she said to shut up and no quitting... so I kept truckin and hit the turn around... a five foot tiki thing... I smacked that thing so hard and started running... ALMOST DONE!! I managed to run about another mile then shut it down again... walked and run the last 6 miles... then I saw the beach and the finish line... I picked it up a bit then I hit the sand.. everything hurt while I was running.... running in sand sucks major ass.. but I got to the hard packed part and it was ok.. Cheers!! Chills!! and soft sand were at the finish line... I managed to pass some older guy, that was probably in a later heat and met the gf at the finish line...

Great race.. I 6hrs 56min... 26 min over my real goal.. I think I could have gone under 6hr 30min without the back problem.. maybe even closer to 6hrs
40 min swim... right on target.. faster if I didn't go off course
3hr 2min bike... about right for me.. about 18.6mph.. hillier than I thought.. well at least by my standards
3hr 5min run.. dammit.. I was trying to finish under 3 hrs with the bad back.

After the race, I got an ice pack from the med tent and hit the food.. Burritos and water!! SAWEET!! We headed back to the car and then picked up my bike... I asked around for public showers but nobody knew where they were.. ahh well.. 5.5hr stink ride home it is... We stopped by a store to pick up some stuff for the neck.. baby wipes to the rash!! damn that shit hurt really bad.. I don't recommend it... The gf drove us home, we had dinner and went to bed... what a great trip! I'll think about racing this again next year.. but I have other stuff to look into.. like more school!

The week following, I did absolutely nothing... ate everything in sight and enjoyed being fat... That Saturday, 9/15, was the N!ke run... I had a great plan of running.. well walking it and filling my hydration pack with guinness!! I started drinking while in the car and noticed that it was getting warm.. I walked around looking for ice... NO ICE to be found... some security guy even came up to me and asked me if I needed help.. DOH!! hope you don't smell the beer!! We hit the starting line a few minutes after and I was left behind after the gun... fuck it.. I'm walking and drinking.. and wanting to pee!!! I hit up a shop and used their bathroom.. I also hit up BeanCoffee and got some ice.. I asked the girls there if they wanted some beer.. the manager in the back didn't look too happy... so I bought a rice krispy treat and finished the run... it was pretty fun but don't think I'll be doing this again.. too many people and they had a timing malfunction so the start wasn't recorded.. that wouldn't make a difference if you started at the front. Ahh well!

This past weekend I finally got wet.. after a month of being landlocked... semi bump with thigh high sets.. not the best, but it wasn't crowded and I had the buffet board.. took me a few waves to dial the board back in but after that I was good to go.. only surfed for about 2hrs and called it quits.. I rested up and then picked up the gf to see DonovanFrankenreiter and special guests.. they were (ones that I liked) Hawk, SugarRay and Pennywise!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOA! OH OH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! great surprise!

Now I'm back into the swing of things... running, biking and swimming again.. goals for this winter is to shed some major poundage... I started a contest with my friends called the lightest loser.. $200 to the winner with the highest % of weight loss.. SAWEEET!!

Randomness:
I was driving to the gf's place and saw a construction van with a DP plate.. WTF!! that doesn't make sense.. someone explain that to me!

I think the gov is out to get me.. first jury duty.. then I got a ticket for the no left during 8-12.. then i got a parking ticket.. DAMMIT!!!

Oh yeah.. and I was also in the school newspaper.. don't know if you remember but I won a carpool story contest and had my picture taken.. they used it for a full page ad for going green!!! SAWEEET!! it's hanging in my cube.. and then!!! I was on Huell H0wser!!! I'M FAMOUS!!

Thanks for reading! LATER!!!

TAPER!!!!!!

2007-08-31T14:54:00.001-07:00

Let the TAPER begin!! Two more weeks until the big race... Ah yeah!! Time to let the body heal and get rid of this clicking noise I hear when I walk up stairs... pretty gross.. So far, I've rested two days in a row and my legs feel a lot better... reduced hours but still the same intensity.. Oh yeah.. forgot to mention.. the new speed record on the COW is now 26mph (see below)! Oh man that feels rad!

I'm taking you guys back a few days so bear with me.. Wednesday, I went for a 30min bike then 2hr run.. 13 minutes into the bike, I hear the cling of metal and my tire losing air.. Dammit!! Whatever, good chance to practice changing my tire and using the CO2 pump. OH SHIT!! there's a slah all the way across the middle of the tire!! I tried the dollar trick and hoped it would be able to hold until I got home.. I was 4 miles away.. pumped it up and pop! DOH!! tube went right through the slash.. great!! oh yeah, CO2 pump is rad!!! The one time I don't bring my cell phone!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! So, I put the tire back on, took off my shoes and walked my goofy looking ass to the nearest shopping center, a half mile away... I phoned my aunt from a sandwich shop.. Thanks for letting me use the phone!! and got home.. Ahh well.. Swam and biked Thursday and made it up for the blown workout on Friday... I was running pretty fast for me. Averaging a 9min mile after 6 miles.. then I got a crap and walked.. then I sat down and it went away.. finished the run with 11 miles in 1hr 45 min.. Hung out with the gf after.. she surprised me and came home early from her trip.. woo hoo!!! we just chilled.. good times and I dont know why...

Saturday, I biked for 3hrs but skipped the run.. my legs were way too tired to hit the run.. ahh well.. two long days back to back has got to make up for something right? And if you remember, this was gf's party.. the one where I wasn't going cause she had to handle her shit.. Um yeah.. that didn't last too long.. It was either she wanted me there or the booze.. or both.. but she ended up calling me at 9pm.. i got there when the ex got there.. I didn't even know it!!! I took a seat next to a friend and saw the gf with her arm around some dude... jealousy kicked in big time.. must have been the look on my face because my buddy told me the ex was the guy talking to them (He looked gay, btw) and the guy she had her arm around was gay.. HAHAHHAAHH!! FWEEEH!!! Few minutes later, she walked him out and I never saw him again.... I must have had 6 or 7 shots within an hour and it was nighty night... I was trying to sing karaoke in tagalog but ended up falling asleep on the couch. damn the training sesh! woke up at 6am, put the gf in her bed and went home to sleep most of the day off.. i tried to surf, but the body wasn't havin it..

Monday-Thursday was taper week.. I missed a 40 min run so I made it up with the next day's training... which happened to be an hour bike ride... oops! Taper.. what taper? Also, I have the raddest story ever!! I was biking on Wednesday and on my way back, another cyclist came up behind me.. whatever... I was cruising at 23mph.. I could still hear him behind me clicking his pedals.. then I thought I'd try to drop him so I upped it to 25mph.. click click click!!! WTF!! the guy even passes me!!! I catch up to him and were at a light.. we both start off slow, then pick it up.. Then I pass him at 26mph and can still hear him.. FUCK THIS GUY!!! NO DRAFTING!! I shift and crank it for the next mile and half.. 28.6mph!!!!!! (I started this entry on Monday and finishing it on Friday!!!) I looked back and he was about a half mile away! AHH YEAH!! Don't mess with the fat guy!!! I'm thinking 30mph is my goal.. maybe during the winter? I'm still on that high!!!

HIM update.. I still haven't reserved a hotel.. uh oh!!! This weekend is SD with the gf and some other friends.. I thought about surfing but I don't want to get hurt so I'll pass... Ordered another surfboard.. the CIFLYER 6'2.. Oh yeah and I forgot to mention that a FUCK YOU goes out to the chick at the Redond0 beach warf.. I don't care if I have to pay full price for a refill.. I wanted to waste another cup... and don't look at me like I'm stupid, dumbshit!

On that note.. LATER!!! Get some waves for me!!!

WRE!!!

2007-08-24T15:56:00.000-07:00

Updates in order:
surf
triathlon
gf

Surf: Haven't really surfed much the past few weeks. I did call in sick last Friday and paddled out... I wanted to hit up the 'Bu and took the wrong road down.. DAMMIT!! Traffic!! Then, I made a left on a street at 8am.. NO LEFT 6a-9a.. OH SHIT!! Got a ticket.. don't know how much it'll be but there goes a few hundred bucks.. FUCK! Then, when I got to the 'Bu, FLAT!! FUCK again!!! I was going to turn around and hit my favorite spot.. when I got there, FLAT again!! FUCK three times!!! I still suited up and had a great leashless session. I lost my board a few times. One time, I lost it and it almost hit one of the locals cause we were on the same wave and heading toward each other.. he was ok.. probably shit his wettie though.. surf this weekend for sure.. surfsister? sharkbait?

Triathlon: Holy crap the past few weeks have been brutal! My knee keeps clicking, my body is sore and I have hours to make up.. This week, I have two long workouts.. the first, I tried to do yesterday. A 30 min bike followed by a 2hr run.. for some reason I was excited to go through it... I hit the turn around for the bike and POP!! dammit!! flat tire!! there was a gash across the middle that I could stick my finger in... this was really bad and thought if I could fix it and get home, I could still run.. I changed the tube and POP!! FUCK!! blew out right through the gash.. I even did the dollar trick.. dammit!! made the .5 mile walk in my socks cause I didn't want to mess up my shoes.. got home at 7:30.. too late to run.. so today, Friday, is makeup day and I'm $50 lighter.. then tomorrow, surf with surfsister, hopefully, and then a 3hr ride topped off with a 20min run.. GOOD TIMES!!!

GF: Dude this is the Weirdest Relationship Ever!! First, she gives me a hard time all the time with everything.. Her favorite words to me are: No, not, nope, whatever, maybe, thinking thinking thinking and blah blah blah.. I got over it and figured she says that stuff just to mess with me.. guess you really have to check the text messages to understand.. Second.. our friend that introduced us is really nosey.. he talks to both of us and tries to get the deep stuff (apparently, the gf tells him and his wife a lot of secrets).. so the gf and I agreed to just give him surface stuff... surface stuff doesn't include telling them that we're bf&gf.. whatever... I understand.. Third.. this is where it gets really weird.. on Tuesday, she sees her ex at a gathering and asks him if he's coming to her bday party on Saturday.. she thought he would say no but was wrong.. so now she'll have her ex and current bf there... what does she ask me to do? Not go!! WTF!! this is where I lost it.. silent treatment!!! She ended up coming over and we talked things over.. FUCKING WEIRD I TELL YOU!! I agreed to it? Dammit!! Fourth!!! I asked if I could take her out on her Birthday, Wednesday. Cool.. things are set.. On Tuesday, her bro asks her to have dinner for her bday on Wednesday also... she says she has plans and says declines.. her bro gives her a lot of shit about it.. then I get a call.. NO DINNER!! WTF!! why am I getting punished? she says she's gonna pack for her business trip and do nothing.. and tells me dysfunctional family.
Why am I still with her? I can see it in her eyes that she deals with things differently.. I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt.. and next week better be fucking rad!

Later!!! TAPER TIME!!!

Number One Knuckle Head

2007-08-14T15:12:00.000-07:00

Haven't really done much but train and date the girly... but it has proven to be a lethal combination... last week, I saw her 5 of 7 days.. during the week, it was after about 1.5-2 hr sessions and then hang with her till way past the beancounter's bed time... and damn I never thought I could text as much as I do. I'll have to go in and change my plan.. or make a call.. don't know if the phone guys will wanna talk to a chubby dude sweating like it's raining...

And damn I'm stupid!!! I counted wrong with my HIM training!! I'm one week off!! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!! Damn, I was really looking forward to this week of rest.. ahh well!! no rest for the dumb.. right? Two more weeks of senor serious and then its taper time!!! Oh yeah.. probably should book my hotel too..

Train, surf and girly.. not in that particular order.. oh yeah.. and no more messing around and calling her "some chick" EVIL EYES!!! EVIL!!!!

TIRED!!

2007-08-10T11:08:00.001-07:00

Lots of training, late nites... even during the week!!! and more training.. when will I get to rest my broken body? Out of the projected 10.5 hours of training this week, I missed a 45 min run... I just fell asleep when I got home from work and woke up the next morning energized..

Surf Saturday and crab with the family!! FUCK YEAH!!! Oh yeah and 2.5hr bike and 45 min run.. it's gonna be a long day..

Bubble Guts

2007-08-03T11:52:00.000-07:00

So yesterday, I had some J@mba juice after lunch.. BAD IDEA! I had to run for 90 minutes!!! I made it to 3.5 miles and couldn't stand it anymore so I started walking.. walked for about 5 mins and started up again.. stopped at mile 5 and walked again for 10 min.. ran the last 2 miles and finished up with 7.5 miles in 80.. not bad considering I was walking a lot... but damn, it's really hard to HTFU when you have the bubble guts.. I had to fart but was afraid I would shart so I held it in.

Just thought I'd let you guys know... AND DAMMIT!! best bud's sister spelled my name with a Y!!!! GRRRRR!!! (this would all make sense if I told you guys my real name).

Friday's pool
WU: 6x75
Main: 3x700, 1 is rpe 3, 2 is rpe 4, 3 is rpe 5
cd: 150 easy

NOT EVEN CLOSE TO SURFTWIN'S!

FINALLY!!

2007-08-01T21:33:00.000-07:00

Last Friday was date night with the chick... code named esrun... good times and ended up at a famous deli... got the super reuben... super good... I think everyone thought I was crazy for taking a quarter of it home.. but damn.. MMMMMMMMMMMM!!! got to meet a couple of her friends and bro... they're fun and funny..

Saturday, hit up the favorite spot with scarecrow.. aka the pirate.. with her new 9'0 and me with the buffet board... she already has a ding near the tail!! AHAHAHHA!! she was having a little trouble catching the waves and after I told her to adjust her position (move back) she caught a few... too bad they were at the end of the session... I was a wave magnet again... two waves of note... first was the guy policing the line up... he was telling some dude the rules of surf.. at a high volume.. whatever... 15min later, I caught a wave and he pulled off when I came flying down the line.. what does this guy say when I start paddling out again.. "nice wave, but too bad it was all white wash.." WTF!! I was on the wave and didn't see white water until the wave closed out... damn, some guys just think they're the shit... Wave dos was rad... I've been watching a guy nose ride the whole sesh.. and noticed that he did a little shuffle before he cross-stepped.. HMMM!!! I tried it and did my first official nose ride!!! It was fucking rad!! Too bad the buffet board needs some fixin so it's on the shelf waiting to be taken to the infirmary...

Sunday was tri day... swam 30 min (that was hell cause I was sore from the 2.5hr sesh) 2 hr bike (17.6mph) and a 30 min run... so cool!!! I took the bike a little easy but the run was rad! I was cruising at a 9:30 min mile and blasted the last mile at 8:40.. Self high five!! Oh yeah.. I waved at another cyclist on the other side of the road while I was riding and he yelled at me.. he yelled, "Hey!" Maybe he knows me? Doubt it...

Training has been going great!! I did 1500meters in 27 mins.. shaved off 3 minutes!! and then my time trial bike course... did it in 47 min.. shaved off a minute!!! HEE HEE!! FAT AND FAST(er than your normal fat guy)!!

And WTF people that swim at the pool! Dude, you can fit 2 people in a lane!! no need to wait for people to finish using the lane by themselves.. just jump in and swim.. and don't try to ask me if we can split the lane while I'm touching the wall and headed out for another lap... water clogs my ears.. I'm just sayin!!

This weekend is run bike run on Saturday and 5k race with some friends... surf? maybe not... looks like its time for another sick day!!

Keep it grass roots

2007-07-25T09:23:00.000-07:00

Holy crap, I just heard a Cantonese version of Name that tune on KR0Q!! Fucking hilarious!!!! AND!! All the contestants got them right!!! AHHAHAAHHAA!!!

So, I've started dating a friend of a friend.. she's pretty cool.. I guess... we've gone out three times and all great times.. note to self... don't drink too much liquid courage!!! HAHAHAHA!! Oh, the pictures!!! And Chuck and L@rry is hilarious!! A joke in every scene.

Also, last week was rest week... minimal hours of training and a chance to let my body recover.. probably the reason why I had the dates during the week and drinks... Friday nite, I went out to H00ters with the date and friends.. had too many drinks and ended up in bed at 4am... 6:30 and I'm up, throw on the costume, picked up the pirate and headed down to the Doo Dah... DAMN!! there were a lot of people.. the pirate and I were #56 on the picture board.. with the huge crowd, I'm surprised nobody got hurt... I was kind of scared to paddle back out with all those people coming at me... OH THE HORRIBLE MEMORIES!!! (I've been skegged in the head when some chick decided to run me over when 4 people were already on the wave) Overall good times!! I tried someone else's board... it was really thin and thick.. a lot different from the Buffet board... I won a towel (that I gave to pirate) and dvd.. sweet... then they were throwing out towels and pirate caught one so we both have one!! While waiting for the board to be raffled off, I had a chance to check it out... ehhh... I'm sure they put a lot of work into it, but I'd for sure pass on it.. looked like something from a swapmeet.. oh well... Overall a great time but I don't think I'll be doing it next year... WAY TOO MANY SPONSORS!!! Plus I read CONS and he scored some waves further south.. Oh well..

Sunday, I had to run 6 miles pretty hard.. just to see what speed I'm at... I was surprised to see a 8:30min/mile average on my watch and was able to keep it up for 3 miles.. then my foot started to hurt and mile 4 I just stopped from the pain... sucks that I didn't finish.. I still had the lungs for it but I'm stoked to go faster than 10min/mile... On a side note, there was a young couple in an suv.. the bf in the passenger side told his gf to stop cause I was coming pretty close... Not once did she look over and forgetting about stopping... Fuck it... I sprayed their car with my water bottle!! The bf gets really mad (I think I got him wet cause his window was wide open) and he yelled, of all things, "Fuck you bitch!! Don't run here!!" Umm yeah..... great threat.. dumb shit.. then I got all paranoid that they would come back and I was already tired.. they didn't... I hope they cleaned off drink I had or else it's sticky city!!

And last night, Tuesday, on my run, I saw a lady walking next to her two girls (on bikes) without helmets.. I caught up to her and told her she needs to put helmets on her kids.. what does she say. "I know I should, but I couldn't find the helmets in the van.." WTF!! That is the lamest excuse.. EVER!! You want to put your kids in danger because you forgot to pack their helmets!! Dumb bitch... you're at the park!! let them play on the playground!! FUCK!!! there are some stupid people in my city!!!

Sorry for the vent session.. I need to get laid or get some good surf!!

Surf Saturday and mini tri on Sunday... oh yeah and take the buffet board to the "doctor." LATER!!

Does your dog hump your leg?

2007-07-20T08:55:00.000-07:00

"Is your dog in heat and humping anything it can wrap its horny little legs around? Are you constantly having to pry your promiscuous pooch off the legs of guests, parents and members of your church? Protect your leg from a hump attack by getting Scruffy a Hotdoll. Yes, it's a sex doll for dogs. It's shaped like a dog and it'll allow your tension-filled pet to go to town as much as his little heart desires, humping away until he passes out in exhaustion, leaving a wispy coil of friction-singed dog-fur smoke wafting into the air."

Side note

2007-07-18T08:56:00.000-07:00

I really need to reread my posts after I post them.. I write while I'm at work and often get interrupted.. the last post took me 3 days!!!

And, WTF is going with some of the women surfblogger community.. how are you guys single? you seem like great people to talk to (according to your blogs).. and!! I've seen some of your pics.. seriously...

Hi, Aquatech..

2007-07-18T08:52:00.000-07:00

Friday, I headed down to Irvine after work and saw an accident happen 2 cars away from me.. lady rear-ended some dude... then I made a quick stop to visit my buddy in the nursing home. Man, he's gotten so much better!! I remember when he had all these tubes in him and now he's trying to walk, is feeding himself and his speech has gotten a lot better. So good to see. Maybe at the end of the year, he'll be outta there.

Finished my drive down to Irvine, stopped by Sp0rts Auth0rity and picked up some goggles cause I forgot mine at home, then some Jack in the Crack and then to the best bud's apt. I laced up my shoes with some bungee type laces-Yankz! while I ate and made sure everything was ok... couldn't fall asleep quickly and when I did, the best bud's bf came in around 2... it's cool, they were somewhat quiet but I had just fallen asleep and thought they were going to stay up and drink some more but they didn't.. I got a little annoyed but it's probably cause I think the best bud's bf is a douche.. ehh what are you gonna do.. woke up at 5:30, took a shower and headed out..

Drive out there was pretty easy.. I'll post a race report at the bottom. I finished 9 minutes over my goal, got beat by a 76yr old by 6 minutes and got smoked by a girl in the last 100 ft... great race!!

After that, I headed back to the best friend's place and got some In n 0ut... a 3x3, fries and a vanilla milkshake to be exact.. mmmm!!! There was this one guy that ordered 50 burgers and 25 fries!!! DAMN!!! I've never seen anyone order that much while I was in line.. he needed one of those milk trays to carry them out.. I wonder if he got to keep the tray? After that, I could not get up from the couch!! Not because I was sore but because I watched 3 episodes of M@n vs. Wild... That show is rad!!! Hit up a friend's bbq before I went home and called it an early night...

Sunday, I wake up at 645 to someone yelling.. I'm thinking, "Damn, who the hell is yelling at this time?" Then I hear my dad storm out of his bedroom yelling, "Motherfuckers.." once I hear that, I instantly think that he's gonna talk to the person yelling.. then I hear the rest, "Motherfuckers won't even wake up!!" apparently a pipe busted in his bathroom and he was yelling for us so we could turn off the water while he was catching the water... this really pissed me off and lit a fire under my ass to really get the fuck out... Who calls their sons "motherfuckers?" I hope I never grow up to be like him...

After that fiasco, I packed up the buffet board and headed out. Super small surf and a little bit of a chill... I knew I was tired and something didn't feel right but I stayed in anyway.. there was a guy on a 10'6 dewey performer.. DAMN!! I didn't know they came that big.. he was really diggin my board and I wanted to try his.. I was too afraid of him going king kong on mine so I decided not to trade.. after an hour and a half of sole slappers, a set wave came up so I paddled like hell for it.. so did everyone else... I whipped around and thought I was in the best spot... right before I popped up, someone calls me off.. this guy is engulfed in white water... I give him the "you gotta be kidding me look" and pull off.. It was really hard to pull up and when I did, my board was sticking over the wave.. what does this jackass do? He decides to try and smack the lip, throw some spray on me or scare me... fucker spears my board... thanks for that! he could have just gone down the line and still worked the wave.. DAMMIT!!! Guess I'll be visiting aquatech.. I'll surf the buffet board at the doo dah but with some duct tape.. got out after a few more waves...

Overall, Sunday probably wasn't the best time to surf... my arms were dead, I got called motherfucker by my dad and the buffet board got speared... I should have just gone on my bike ride...

Finalized my costume for Saturday.. hope I don't drown!!!

Race Report:
Thursday night, I got about 3-4 hours of sleep so Friday, all I wanted to do was go to the best bud's place and sleep.. got there about 8, prepared my gear, ate dinner and watched some tv... asleep.. or trying to around 10.. finally fall asleep around 12 and then get woken up by the douche and his friends at 2... i think they left 45min-1hr later.. few hours of sleep, get up, shower and I'm out.. clifbar, chocolate milk and sports drink on the way.. damn, we have to park in a dirt lot.. carry my bike about 100yrds and walk to the bike transition.. damn, I should have just rode my bike there.. I was dripping sweat by the time I got there.. get body marked, pick up my shirt, chip and cap then head over to my wave rack... had to rack with the chicks cause my wave rack was full.. oh well.. head down to the swim start, chat it up with some racers, the national anthem and then the start.. I was in wave 6 and started 25 or 30 min after the first wave.. I was racing in the fat guy division and thought it would be cool to pass some people.. man I like racing with the old guys.. they're funny.. they asked if we could just swim to the first buoy.. then the chants started.. some guy yelled, "Let's go old guys!!" then I yelled, "Let's go fat guys!!" then another guy yelled, "Let's go old and fat guys!!!" and finally one guy said, "Damn, we have the women behind us!! I really like the idea of all these women chasing me but only chasing, not passing!!" Hilarious.. *air horn* and we're off!! I've never experienced the carnage of a mass start.. guys were swimming over me, hitting my feet, head and arms.. I had to push a guy to the side cause he swan at an angle in front of me.. after the first buoy, I had some open space and settled in.. near the last buoy (which meant 300 or so meters) I see white caps.. SWEET!! oh wait, those are blue caps!!! WOMEN!! DAMMIT!! Oh well.. get to shore, run half on the beach and the other on pavement to the transition.. a total of 400yrds or so.. I'M SO TIRED!! Shot of gel washed down with sports drink, and I'm off.. bike was really fun.. I got scolded for staying on the left going over the bridge "Get over to the right!!" Oops!! Then again, the bridge was closed to traffic so he could have gone to the other lane.. ehh!! I took turns passing people and then getting passed by them.. a little after the second half of the bike, I could feel myself slowing down... damn I knew I should have brought the gels.. then the 76 yr old guy passed me.. I told him he was my idol while I was trying to keep up with him then he disappeared.. get into the transition and damn it's hot!! I run to the rack, shot of gel and off and running... HOT!! I thought I was going to explode!! I backed it down a bit and threw water on me at every aid station... I did get to pass a few guys on the run but I knew I was running slow cause I was comfortable.. there were a lot of hot women!!! old and young.. squish.. squish.. squish!!! damn, shoes are soaking wet!! please no blisters!!! turned the corner after the 2nd loop and almost done... Sweet!! nobody around me.. then WTF!! a girl blows by me and the marines cheering us on saw the expression on my face and laughed.. ahh well!! there are a lot of other people that are faster than me...
Swim time: 37min- about right with that long run
Bike: 1:27- good enough for me considering the nutrition problem
Run- 1:06-dammit!! I knew I was running slow.. 1.5min slower than my race pace..
Finish 3:09- 9min over my goal.. but breaking 3hrs is doable

All things considered, a great race and great training session!! I figured out my nutrition (BRING SOME!!) The marines were great and I tried to thank everyone of them... and post food was water and oranges.. I swear they were the sweetest I've ever had.. I ate 9 or 10 wedges... after that, I changed and stood in line for a massage.. I really think this helped me recover... towards the end of it, it was time to close up shop.. OOPS!! My bike was still racked.. good thing I wasn't the only one out there..AHHAHAHA.. got back to the friends place, took a nap and watched 3 episodes of M@n vs Wild.. great show!! Definitely will do this next year and back down the training the week before... Woo hoo!! 9 more weeks until the Big K@huna!!!!

Serendipity!!

2007-07-12T14:40:00.000-07:00

I was cruising through Patch's blog looking at his art work and what do I find???? He's one of the founders of the highly exciting DOO DAH SURF CONTEST. That's so rad!!

Thanks, Patch!

This would be a rad costume!! I'm obsessed with Ostriches!!

Yogurt was a bad idea

2007-07-10T15:13:00.001-07:00

WTF!!! Now my background isn't working??!?!?!! I'll get to this soon... time for the Beancountingsurfer to recap the past few days..

Friday, I took a vacation day so I could take my NZ cousins to Magic Mtn... and I have no idea what you're talking about, Surftwin.. Swedes and Magic Mtn? Huh? Know any single female swedes in the Southern California area? I love that accent.. any way.. back to the story... I surfed the bu for about 2 hours and caught 3 or 4 rides on the fish.. one really long one... I was trying to place myself in the lineup.. trying to figure out who could catch waves and where the sections were barely makeable... I'm really tentative at this spot cause of all the people that just drop in on you... pretty fun sesh though.. the crowd was really mellow.. I think they all knew each other.. that's really cool.. I wanna grow old and surf with my buddies.. then again, I need to find some surf buddies... Got home, showered, picked up the kids and headed out... Damn it was HOT!! I couldn't stop sweating!! The sesh probably didn't help much in that dept either but oh well.. got to go on my favorite rides and eat funnel cake... and a big Fuck You goes out to Taco Bell in Valencia.. I forgot what street it was on.. but it took more than 15 mins to have our orders done... by that time I was pissed and asked for our money back.. the dumb shit at the register and "look down at the floor the whole time" manager offered excuse after excuse.. an apology would have fixed everything... FUCK YOU TACO BELL!! I wasn't going to call the regional office but I think I will now.. bastards..

Next morning wasn't my day.. first, I woke up late to surf, then I dropped my water bottle I use for rinsing and broke it, then I had gas from the yogurt I had earlier (farting while surfing is funny), then I got mad at myself for bringing the buffet (I should have taken a smaller board), then I got madder for not bringing the full suit (I was kinda cold), then I got madder for some guy getting in my way on a set wave.. I pulled up and he told me he didn't move cause he didn't think the wave caught me.. WTF!! I'm on the buffet board motherf-er!! then I got madder cause my 13 yr old cousin has a boy that wants to or is her boyfriend.. found this out at her bday party... then I got madder that I didn't stay to finish the whole movie.. my brother told me she ended up wearing his jacket... then I got madder cause something hit the hood of my car... probably from the football that was being tossed around at the bday party.. Ugh!!! That was just Saturday!!!

Sunday, slept in, had lunch with the mom, bro's and bro's gf, then ran 8 miles... I found out that I need more than 4 hours to recover from eating a lot of bbq..burping it up for 90mins is no fun.. yeah I run slow... SO!!!! the route had 2 long hills!!!

Then Monday's workout sesh pissed me off.. I encountered family fun day at the pool.. motherf-ers just walking around with no organization.. after 2 minutes of waiting, I asked them to stay to one side of the lane.. I also added my coworker on a certain space site and I asked about some of her friends.. why in the world does she gotta say.. oh yeah, I talked to my friend and she's single... umm yeah thanks for that... oh well....

And today, I've come to the conclusion that I don't like the smell of my deodorant.. smelled good in the store.. DAMMIT!! and now my background isn't working for my blog!! WTF!!! I gotta fix that...

Finally!!! My costume for the Doo Dah Surf might not happen.. it was such a great idea.. making it from scratch has is becoming difficult and I just don't want to spend that much money for a one time use costume.. but I've come up with a few ideas...

So don't forget.. DOO DAH SURF 7/21/07!!!!

Doing my first olympic tri of the season this weekend.. looking to break 3hours... 30 mins off last year's (different course).. wish me luck!!!

Empty

2007-07-05T14:33:00.000-07:00

It's been a busy week!!! Last Saturday, I surfed for 2.5 hrs in shin high waves... really good choice taking out the buffet board.. I did manage to snag 2 out of 3 set waves so that was cool... no waves to really talk about.. just mind-clearing effortless surf... well sort of effort less... took a nap then hit the road for a mini reverse tri... 3 mile run, 18 mile bike and 30 min swim... run and bike went great... I felt really fast and comfortable.. the swim, on the other hand was bad... I think I was too tired from the surf sesh.. only swam for 15 min and did about 500m then I just cut it short and headed home... after a quick nap, I hung out with the relatives from NZ (3 boys 13, 10 and 6)..

Sunday, woke up and took my cousins and the NZ to the beach for some surf... only the 13 and 10 yr olds from NZ surfed... basically wind swell so the waves just kept coming near shore... they both managed to stand up and ride a couple waves in.. pretty impressive... one of them stood up on their first try.. then again, I pushed them in... after that, hit the valley for my nephew's baptism.. damn it was hot!! and it didn't help that I was surfing earlier... SWEAT CITY!!! I left after an hour..

Tuesday night, I saw Tr@nsformers!!! Soooooooooooooo good!! I loved it!!! It held up to the hype... Wednesday, I helped my mom move into her new place... in 95 degree weather.. good thing her place is on the second floor instead of the third... I convinced her to change floors because the previous one was way in the back and the path had poor light.. and this is what I think has gotten my stomach in knots.. I've had the shits for the past week and half... yes, I still live at home but it was only to play referee.. now that mom is moved out.. I kinda miss having a full house no matter how dysfunctional it is.. I don't know how to explain it.. kinda like something is missing.. ugh this sucks.. hold me... I'm looking for a new place, something closer to work and the beach.. now I can really start concentrating on myself... I just need to get out of this funk...

I'm off tomorrow, Friday.. gonna take the kids to Magic Mtn.. I've read about the swell so maybe I'll do some dawn patrol (maybe T0panga or the bu... then old faithful.. which ever one is better) and get back before10.. oh man.. another long day of fun!!!

Irritated!!

2007-06-29T07:50:00.000-07:00

But at least I'm over my cold. Training has been going great. I forgot what it feels like to breath through my nose.

Now to the Irritated part. Numero Uno... had to swim Wednesday nite for training. While in the locker room, I look in the mirror and notice a slimmer BeanCounter and get stoked.. I'M READY TO SWIM! Showered up and headed for the pool. As I walked up, I could see a lady doing some "aerobic moves" through the fence. I opened the door and saw 3 ladies doing water aerobics in the pool. I asked when the class would be over, the instructor said it started at 6.. 5 minutes ago. DAMMIT!! But, she said to get in the pool.. SWEEET!! Then I confirmed, can I swim laps... All together, "No. But, you can join us..." I say forget it and start walking back.. then I hear, "Come on, we won't bite, join us.." WTF?!? I just want to swim.. so 24hr Fitness... FUCK YOU!!! 3 ladies in a 3 lane, junior olympic pool... ugh.. there's room for everyone!!! Oh yeah, the 3 ladies didn't look like they took showers either (dry hair)..

Number 2!!! Parking.. I didn't carpool this morning and therefore had to pay for parking.. my ridecard allows me to get a blue permit (better parking).. so at the kiosk this morning, I hand the attendant my money and ridecard.. she asks, "Lot 2 or Lot 5?" I answer.. "As long as it's blue.." She walks away, slaps on the day permit and I head to my lot... the gate card doesn't work!! DAMN YOU MISO(attendant)!!! I drive back and tell them that it doesn't work.. She says, "I gave you lot 5." WTF!! I said BLUE.. She goes back and talks to the other attendant and figures it out... man... aren't most people at a very popular U C supposed to be smart? I didn't say Blue for nothing...

3rd and Final.. read Whiff's blog about the Surfline Goodwill Tour. I have deleted Surfline from my surf links and will be boycotting the following: Barra Events, Surfline, Billabong, Wavehunters, Quicksilver, Sol Beer, Mexicana Airlines, NSL, HSS, Third Point... FUCK YOU GUYS.

Surf needed.

FLU!!!

2007-06-26T08:00:00.000-07:00

Totally forgot about Go surfing day!! DAMMIT!! I didn't even skate!! ugh.. damn my sickness!!

So I think I figured out why I was so jello-eee last weekend.. I think I was sick.. don't think I really got over my sickness (read: call in sick then surf for 2.5hrs or so). It came back with a vengeance and took me out Thursday nite. Called in sick Friday and finally got to see what my bed does all day.. pretty much nothing... Slept pretty much the whole day and ate every now and then... oh yeah and blew my nose forever!! Hit up Er0ticala with one of my buds.. that was a great time.. probably not the best idea but I didn't want to flake. Soldier! AHAHAHH... Saturday, slept all day again and then took my cousin to see F@ll Out B0y... pretty sad crowd... half the floor was full and the top section of the venue was empty.. but damn they rocked.. my ears haven't rung that much in a while.. Sunday was the same too..

I did manage to swim yesterday, Monday nite... and I think I'm almost over it. Going to finish out my medicine... we gettin any surf this weekend? I wouldn't mind if it were flat cause I have two sets of families coming to visit... can you say: Time Man-age-ment?

Oh yeah and I read someone's Ironman race report... hmmm.. Iron Bean Counting Surfer Man has a nice ring to it doesn't it? Ok, maybe not but it's got me thinking.. LATER!!!

Headphones

2007-06-18T10:25:00.000-07:00

If you're surfing or cycling... don't wear them... enough said...

Sunday should have been a training day.. I took out the performance longboard and damn my arms were sore.. stayed out for 2hours and I was lazy jello for the rest of the day.. hit up el torit0 for father's day brunch.. ehh not so much with that place.. then again it wasn't my choice... picked up some hip sunglasses for my pops.. he's diggin them.. then I rested for a few hours... I really need to start planning my surfing and training.. I don't think my body is made for all that physical stuff... then again.. what am I going to cut out?

Story of my sesh

2007-06-16T22:14:00.000-07:00

Everyone kept dropping in on me!!! I hit County with the tanker (name has been changed to The Buffet Board) today and after I caught a few waves and one really good set wave, everyone and their sister dropped in on me!!! WTF!!!! This didn't bother me because I was still on the high from the set wave and the props the old guys gave me.. then all hell broke loose... the first offense was a right from the staircase and headed toward Br!tney and friends who were sitting on the inside... one of the girls keeps paddling after I yell, "Hey." She popped up right before I got to her... I caught her board in mid air and kept going... no worries.. you're a newbie... then this guy on a "Pledge of Alligiance," then some blonde who just got in the water... TWICE!! on and on.. after 2 hours, I got out...
Pretty funny incident.. one of the newbies asked me how I got into the wave so easily with the 2 stroke technique... I told him to read the CONS blog.. hee hee... he obviously didn't understand why the tanker's name has been changed.. ahh well..
After that, did a two hour bike ride that ended up being 2hrs. 45 min.. I got lost, but oh well.. didn't have time for my 30 min run.. too many damn things to do..
More surf tomorrow.. with less dropping in, hopefully.. and more training!!!

One more thing.. the old guys were talking about all the mayhem happening... and who the culprits were... all the young kids... so you parents out there with kids that surf, teach them how to surf.. and for you people paddling out for the first time, read this:

http://www.surfline.com/surfology/surfology_borl_index.cfm

WHO'S WITH ME?!?!?!

2007-06-14T07:37:00.000-07:00

Ummm... yeah.. I'll be late to work that day..

On a side note... damn you construction guy for not locking down your equipment and letting a bucket fly out on the freeway... I was too close to swerve and it got suck under the surf truck.. if it would have been the other car, I would have chased you down... I had to pull over to pull it out.. hee hee.. pull it out...

LATER!

**Edit** Apparently its Go Skateboarding Day too... so yeah.. bust out your wood!!!

I'm not that lucky

2007-06-11T14:47:00.000-07:00

For the past few months, I've had these white spots on my face and neck. I've had them before and was diagnosed with t!nea ver!scolor... so I read online that sels0n blue helps get rid of it... just a thin layer on the patch... wake up this morning and WHAT... THE.... FUCK!!!!! I have a hickey!!! GREAT!!! good thing I didn't have any meetings.. oh wait, I did.. DAMMIT!!! ahh well.. hopefully the patches are taken care of...

My kind of weekend!

2007-06-10T18:56:00.000-07:00

All it needed was some surf... then again, I'd probably have to call in sick.. Saturday was the Mud Run with my bro, best bud and her jackass bf and my homie from college and his wife... We ended up running more than I thought we would.. maybe a mile and half all together... funniest parts were the walls were my homie (pretty big guy) jumped over the wall and ate shit on the other side of it.. pretty damn funny... same thing happened to my bro, but he twisted his ankle... best bud and her bf didn't do the race... yeah I know.. WTF!! I was sooo stoked to have my friends doing the race with me, especially the best bud... Bummed me out that her bf had to work.. damn the wireless internet!!! best thing he could have done was say go ahead and I'll catch up.. fucking jackass!! After that, we hit the warf for some fish and chips and sweet potato fries.. mmmmm!!!

Sunday, get up at 5am, again, and head to Redond0 beach for the tri... I made a friend!! The dude surfs and does tris... saweet!! I've been looking for someone to push me when I train.. and sometimes, it's cool having someone to talk to.. the seals never answer me back... also saw a guy from college.. this guy was 280 and is now down to 260... pretty impressive.. I cheered him on the last hill.. the swim wasn't that bad.. actually kinda funny because I was swimming the same pace as some other racer... I kept bumping him.. oops!! and damn the run from the ocean to the bike transition.. we had to run on the sand and then run up some stairs... heart rate was through the room... bike was super fun.. I hit 25mph on the flat road so that was cool.. passed a few people and got past by a lot of others... run was the same old story.. everyone I passed on the bike passed me on the run.. DAMMIT!!! I did manage to chase some guy down in the last 100m and pass him.. so I was happy... when I finished, time was 63min... I was in the first wave, so I think that was my time.. or around there... I raced in the "big boy" division 200lbs+ and I only saw a few guys with C's (clydesdale) on their calfs... results aren't up yet, so I'll keep the "Hey I placed 5th in my weight division!!" line down until they're up... 63min gets me 6th with last year's time.. winning time was 40min or around there.. dude was 50yrs old!!! stayed after to cheer people on.. there were kids as young as 12 (maybe younger) racing.. they were fun to cheer for... they were ear to ear smiles when we cheered for them... after that, headed home and hung out with the family... time to rest.. hopefully some surf next week... stop playing stalker.. AND MORE TRAINING!!!

Damn my timing!

2007-06-08T10:46:00.001-07:00

Dude I swear I need to find more time at work to do personal things... ;)

Last week I called in sick on Friday.. I really felt like crap but I figured I'd surf and then sleep the rest of the day. Surfed CL on the tanker and damn that was fun! I kooked it up in the first 45 min or so.. then I fixed it!!! I caught a lot of the waves... One guy said, "Man, we need to ride with that guy." And I said, "Pretty fun day today huh?" to a fellow longboarder. His reply, "Everytime I try to catch a wave, you're on it." Ahh well.. I'm a wavehog but there were enough waves to catch. One person dropped in on me on a wave that just walled up and didn't break. I chased her down yelling, "Go! Go!" Sharing is caring!! I think I was out for almost 3 hours.. pretty good for being sick... I just slept the rest of the day...

Saturday, I picked up my tri bike... woo hoo!! That thing is so fast and running off the bike is so much easier. Fit is more like a road bike but I'll need to lose more weight to get into the tri position... But I really don't care.. Bike is fucking sweet! If you didn't catch it earlier (due to my long posts) I named it the COW (chaos on wheels).. being the in the aerobars the first time was the gnarliest thing I've ever felt. I've somewhat tamed the bovine.. but still getting to know her.. I also talked to one chick at the shop.. and right before I was going to ask for her number, she got fitted on her bike.. damn my timing!!! And from the answers to my survey conducted among friends, I would be a stalker for messaging her on a popular space site... I knew her first name and what tri she did.. then I found her on the space... yeah.. probably won't contact her.. I don't wanna be weird.. and if you see me in the water, push me off my board... DAMMIT!

Sunday, I surfed the fish and kooked it up again.. but only when I went left.. I caught my fill and had a few memorable waves.. good times... I surfed around the guy that sold me this board.. he introduced me to his crew.. I can finally put names to faces that I see.. After that, took the COW on a 2 hr ride.. covered about 38 miles and was hitting high speeds.. All good and well until I checked if the computer had be set the correct wheel size.... DOH!! wrong size.. I wonder how much slower I've been actually goin.

Tri training has really been picking up and I'm trying not to miss a lot of days.. Going to miss this Saturday for my Weekend Outdoor Activities... Saturday is the Mud Run and Sunday is the Redond0 Bch Tri.. So if you live in the RB area.. or want to make fun of the Bean Counter in spandex... race starts at 7:30am.

Oh yeah.. just a reminder.. the DooDahSurf day is coming up. July 21st at Sunset... super good time.. my beer can costume got destroyed so I'll have to look for something else.. LATER!

48-650-P2SL-Black

2007-05-30T08:05:00.000-07:00

Here's the short version of my trip to South Island, New Zealand:

The Great:
Hang gliding-So rad and peaceful
Swedish accents rock- Swedish chick was in the hang gliding group and she wouldn't stop talking... she can talk all day for all I care
Glacier Hiking-Pretty impressed by my Grandpa who turns 80 in November. This was pretty much all uphill for 1.5 hours with a few breaks in between. A middle aged couple tapped out after 30 minutes of walking.
Went mountain biking with my cousins (younger)-Pretty fun 10k.. wish I could have gone faster
Surfed New Brighton-damn it took forever to paddle out the longboard rental. Surf shop owner was super rad, he gave a detailed description (verbal and written). Didn't get to visit those spots but damn I got excited.
So close to buying a NZ board.. never found the shop
Ate ostrich!!! Super tender meat.. tasted like the stirfry cause that's how it was prepared
Thermal pools
4WD tour of Lord of the Rings-well kinda we went off course to check out other stuff.. The guide thinks we heard and avalanche. That was cool... There was also a car that passed us.. pretty impressive considering the road conditions.. some holes were super deep
Salmon Farm-fed them then ate one of their relatives.. mmm.. fresh sashimi
Adrenaline Forest-zip lines, crossing on wires from tree to tree about 90m being the highest.
I wanted to marry every Kiwi chick I talked to
Flight there- personal tv's helped a lot
Chicken, feta cheese and banana-mmmmm!!! middle eastern wrap
Nutella and bread for breakfast!!

The No Bueno:
Lot's of chinese food... BOOO!!! Oh well, what can you do when your Uncle-in-law is Chinese
Nobody my age to hang with... didn't hit any bars
Everything closed early! Gas stationed was closed when we got to the hotel before the glacier hike at 9:30pm!!
Flight back-tv's were out of wack, food sucked and my flight was delayed
Assigned seating at the theaters... my cousins were trippin cause we were sitting 4 seats over from our assigned seats
Vegemite-WTF!! don't ever eat it!! I thought it was syrup.. YUCK!

Didn't:
Bungee jump-wasn't high enough
No Rugby-they were playing in South Africa, I think
No Soccer game
No Rap jumping- Kiwi's didn't know what it was

Didn't really do much until this past weekend. Friday (vacation day), took it off to see the doctor... the tube that connects my nose to my ear is clogged.. got meds.. Surfed Friday morning with the tanker.. I was a damn wave hog and didn't care. There were a few cuties... one of them got a kick out of me paddling out to meet a set wave and trying to turn the tanker... I hereby rename that sucker: The Tanker Turtle... slow mover... After that, went to Triathlon Lab (1hr turned into a 2hr drive!!) but it was worth it. I picked out a bike and I'll post pics later... named it the COW (chaos on wheels).. I'll need a lot of time on the bike to tame it.. The guy that helped me was super nice.. and patient.. I tried 4 bikes and spent almost 2.5 hours with him.. hopefully it'll be ready to pick up soon. I had some things upgraded... after that, visited my homie in the hospital then to Irvine to meet up with friends for our Vegas trip... got there pretty quickly.. Hit up Chuck E. Cheese's(closest source of food with beer), an all you can eat sushi place (MMMMM!!!), then Jet(club)... I've been over the whole clubbing thing, but I go for the best bud. Got back Sunday night and surfed Monday mid-day... I was out for 3 hours and I think I got sunburned... not as fun as Friday, but I did work some lefts so that's cool... I also slept the rest of the day.. I think I'm sick.. and to top it off, I got a tongue lashing from my Aunt who is a nurse.. I shouldn't be surfing until the meds are done.. OOPS!!!

I also forgot to mention that I got a free entry to the Redond0 Beach Tri... it's the day after the MudRun... GREAT!! I'm toast...

Surf this weekend and make up some training.. LATER!

Yo!

2007-05-21T13:21:00.000-07:00

I'm back!! Just super busy at work to write.. I do most of my entries at work so I'll have to recap NZ later.

Dammit!! The tribike manufacturer I'm looking into ran out of my size. Now I have to call around to look for sizes. GRRRR

I need some surf too!!!

VACATION!!!

2007-04-29T21:23:00.000-07:00

Going to NZ to teach this little bird how to fly!!!

Things on To Do list:
Bungee jump
Rap Jumping
Glacier Hiking
Soccer/Rugby game
Surf
Run

Happy Cinco de May0 and Happy M0ther's Day!!!

Back in two weeks!!

Swim Training

2007-04-24T08:10:00.000-07:00

I was in the pool at my local 24hr, last night, and just started my swim workout. During my rest, a rather large man asks to split the lane with me... Sure why not? He is about half way down and I start swimming. About 4 strokes away from him, the water starts to taste funny AND I smell his body odor.. can't really describe it and I don't know how I can smell while swimming, but you get the point... I figure, oh well, it'll disappear sooner or later... Then I catch up to him and WTF!!! This guy has some sort of pink skin rash or eczema on his upper thigh... this almost made me puke in the pool. That was the shortest swim workout I've ever had.

Please tell me I'll be ok and that the chlorine killed his bacteria so I don't catch it. I'm saying something to him next time I see him. YUCK!!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!

2007-04-17T13:44:00.000-07:00

Registration for the Half Ironman I wanted to do is closed!!! FUCK!!! It was for charity too!!!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!

I'm on the waiting list.. please pick me!!! How am I supposed to do my "A" race if I can't sign up for it!?!?

BOOOO!!!!

2007-04-17T11:08:00.000-07:00

Surf on Friday (Sunse+) and Saturday (Malibu) was ca-ca! I spent 2 hours in the water both times and just caught 3 or 4 waves. Nothing worth talking about other than the fact that I probably should have taken out the big lumber... at least for Malibu..

I did hang with the best bud.. it was funny hearing her say, "How much do I owe you for the pot?" She has turned into a great cook..

Did 41 miles on the bike, Sunday. Still haven't changed gears.. but I did wimp out on a super gnarly hill.. I just turned around and went back the way I came... Good times.

Surf this weekend? Maybe.. we'll see.. stormy weather predicted for this Friday... ehh.. maybe I'll do some speed work.. or look for my new bike... or play the guitar...

3 Days.. 3 Different Boards

2007-04-11T15:33:00.000-07:00

Last Friday, I left work and headed for Sunse+. Not much really going on but there were a few sets rolling in (if that's what you want to call them). I took the fish and caught a dozen or so waves, mostly closeouts. Nothing much to report on but I was having an easy time getting into the waves. 2 hour sesh.

Saturday, I hit my favorite spot with the 9'6 longboard and caught a lot of the set waves. Me and this other guy were holding down a spot and I told him it's hitting right here and he replied, "Yeah and it's like nobody wants to catch waves here." And, I think I fixed my going left problem. I caught a peeler and did some pumps. Ended the ride early cause I couldn't believe what I was doing. One of the last waves of the 2.5 hr sesh was a right that I took pretty far and got covered and smothered at the end. Good times. Once I got home, I rode to the next city over and picked up some things my aunt requested for my vacation to NZ. So stoked on that. Don't think I'll be able to surf there though. BRRRR... and probably be too busy doing things that might kill me (bunjee jumping, rafting and checking out the Lord of the Rings set.. did they kill all those orcs?)

And another note, I'm not really that close with my dad, but he sure rocks.. he swapped out the broken water heater (with my help), changed some things in the surf truck and mowed the lawn in about 4 hours.... thanks man!!

AND THE SURF TRUCK IS ALIVE... AGAIN!! WOO HOO!!!

Sunday, was Easter so I didn't have a lot of time to surf, 1.5 hours. I took the Rusty out and damn I was on fire!! This was the first time I've caught waves on this board without any trouble. Caught a dozen or so waves, which was good enough for me. My last wave, the best, looked like a closeout. So I made eye contact with the hot dogger down the way and started to paddle towards the left.. he's really fast so I didn't want to drop in on him.. When I started to paddle, all I heard was, "What it look like brah!?!?" And it was on! I caught the wave and did some pumps. Took the wave pretty far and pretty long. Great way to end the sesh. Then Easter with the family, a nap and some guitar. I'm getting hooked on playing it.. need to learn to read notes... tabs for now...

I also finally did my taxes and got my refund a few days ago. Enough to buy a new board. I was thinking of hitting up Reverb for a board but can't decide on what shape. I have it narrowed down to two shapes: Quad fish and a Bonzer. Probably go 6' or 5'11 with the fish but I don't know what size for the Bonzer. I'm really torn between the two and would like some input from the Pack, if you'd made it this far in the entry. Why would I need a Quad fish when I already have a twin fin? Why get a bonzer when they're only good in good surf... I really like the one Reverb did in his earlier posts.. C@mpbell bros might be out of my range.. Or what about the quad shortboard.. like the Firefly mentioned in previous posts? And do I really need 7 or 8 boards? I currently have 6 with one potentially one the way from my surf buddy's hookup.

Here is my quiver:
6'1 DLC-a gift from my surf buddy.. don't really ride it much, but I've caught a few with it and it's fun, just not enough to float me.
6'2 Kane Garden Fish-my magic board.. super fun
6'4 Rusty Pirahna-birthday present from various people, including ex-gf.. kinda pissed me off.. she makes enough to pay for the whole thing.. whatver.. still dialing it it
6'6 Doc Single Fin-custom board that my best bud and surf buddy pitched in for (without me knowing).. really thick board.. don't really ride it much cause I think it's too heavy for its specs... its 3" thick!
9'6 Becker Legacy-first board I learned on.. this is what started it all
10' Weber Stylist-my tanker.. you want to catch small waves? well here you go.. wavehog

Bought and sold:
7'6 Becker LC3-didn't work for me.. then again, I was just starting.. probably should have held on to it.. dammit!

I'm thinking of an early sesh tomorrow morning, but I doubt it. Surf definitely after work on Friday, probably Sunse+ again..

Notes:
Damn those cheese things from P0rto's.. I swear I ate 18 of the 25 after my Sunday sesh
The surf truck is alive and kicking.. thank you for the well wishes
I haven't shifted down from my big ring (frong) and middle ring (back) for a few rides now... last night made me sore.. damn those hills
FINALLY!! Those gardeners on the 405 that sit in the back of a tree truck finally got busted.. tree truck = uhaul truck, but only for gardening.. ok I just confused myself too
Thought my hand pump for my bike was broken... I was sitting on the side of the road trying to fix my flat.. bang it on the ground next time.. it works!!
Guitar is fun
Should I just forget the board and get a tri bike? Felt S22 or S32.. I saw the S22 on sale at Perf0rmance.. but I think it was too big for me..

Catch some waves for me!!!

Tigerbalm.. GRRRRR!!!

2007-04-04T15:59:00.000-07:00

Haven't been able to post as much as I'd want to because of the new digs and our home computer decided to quit on us... she's in the repair shop.

3/24- I did the Str@wberry Fields tri. Really fun race. My goal for this race was to pass people in all three sports and to do better with the run... The swim was out to 1st maker, turn parallel to the beach to 2nd marker and then turn to shore (imagine a square). Holy shit that was a tough swim. It was only 200m, which means 5 min in the pool, but the waves were breaking almost the whole way to the 1st marker. And damn the current!!! I think it added an extra 150m (scientifically calculated ;)...) out of the water at 11min.. and WTF!! we had to run from the beach to the bike transition... running on sand and up and over sand dunes, really sucks ass... Take off the wetsuit and throw on the bike gear... Things to note: there were some people doing the swim without wetsuits!!! Water temp was 57.. or 59... brrrrrr

The bike was uneventful.. really flat and fast.. except for the quick hill near the end.. I think I averaged 18mph.. one mile faster than my training average... Things to note: there were two guys dressed up as Mari0 and Luig! racing on beach cruisers. Their bikes had the aero bars and wheel covers. They made me laugh.. when i passed them.. then they pissed me off when they passed me. They only have one gear!!! I also got to see some hotties!! HEEEEYYYYY!!! 38 min

Ditched the bike at the transition and put on the run shoes... I was so shaky, I couldn't tie my shoes very quickly.. I should have put those Y@nkz I bought a few months ago.. Hit the run feeling pretty good.. then everyone from the later waves started to pass me!!! DAMMIT!! I hate that! The knee pain from the marathon came up again a few minutes into the run but I ignored it as much as I could.. I picked it up the last quarter mile or so and finished out of breath and ready to make Beancountingsurfer angels on the grass. I didn't and walked around, hit the food, grabbed my gear and headed hope with a big smile on my face. Good times. Notes for the run: damn there are a lot of hot chickies that do tris... I think I need to join a club.

A few days later, I looked up my results and finished in 1hr and 25 min.. and I averaged a 9min/mile pace. Great! I was doing 9.5min/mile in training... I want to be able to do 8min/mile by the end of the season.. We'll see... last year this time, I was doing 10:15.

I did what I set out to do.. I passed people in all 3 sports.. not many, but I passed some. I took off the following week because of the knee pain.. dammit!! I hate sitting around!

Fast forward to my day off on Friday... oh, not a vacation, but a university holiday.. saweet!!! Having breakfast with my grandpa, cleaned the house and took my cousins to see Bl@des of Gl0ry.. pretty funny movie.. I also got a call late that night about the Quiks!lver warehouse sale... so I head to my friends place and crashed.. We got up at 4am and headed to HB... Why in the world did I think that the sale would start at 8? I checked the paper with prices and sale details.. MAN!! the sale doesn't start until 9:30!! We didn't get in until 10:45 but we were able to leave the line and come back... thank you stamp lady!! Was it worth it? Nah, not really.. the sun really worked me and the clothing wasn't that great... spent $50 and picked up a $10 backpack... my friend picked up at set up irons (qu!ksilver owens Clevel@nd G0lf) for $100 and our buddy that works for them said last year they were $1000.. if only surfboards were priced like that!!! Visited my homie that's in the hospital then got home and rested. I met up with my best bud after her sister's wedding shower.. we planned to go out, but ended up eating filipino food (fried empanadas rule!) and i went home after that and crashed.. till the next morning... a lot of sun and little sleep can really wear you down...

Sunday, I hit up C0untyline with the Rusty.. the water had some bite to it and the wind was on it.. not to much to write about... I caught a handful of waves and blew 3-4 set waves.. dang it!!! Funny thing to mention.. there were 2 guys suiting up at the same time I was.. one of them a was a newbie.. how'd I know? Because he put his springsuit on backwards! HAHHAHAHAAH!! Oh man! What a great pic for the daily ass.. I didn't have my camera and told him that he put it on backwards.. he was a trooper.. probably was out there for an hour...

Oh yeah!! forgot to mention that super rad chick was busy for the game.. kind of bittersweet, as my friend put it.. I was bummed she couldn't go but the game sucked (they won by 25 or something) so I don't think it would have been that fun... dang her line of work!!!

Notes:
Damn my new coworkers talk on the phone a lot... not even work.. personal stuff..
Damn the knee pain!! I think I'll see a doctor if one more week of no running.. HELLOOO POOL!!
Warehouse sales are only worth going to if you know someone that can get you in without standing in line
My aunt is pregnant with her 3rd baby.. her out of womb kids are 12 and 8.. whoa! can you say oops!
New bike saddle (seat) is way better than the old one
I learned to play the first few notes on the guitar
Work is taking away from my FREE TIME!! can't update the blog.. need to get computer fixed
Training on the bike in the big ring only rocks.. and hurts
I got smoked in the pool by an older lady... damn the her years of swimming.. she was going faster than my freestyle when she was just kicking on the kickboard
Tigerbalm is the shit! Knee problem is getting better
Smaller portions and not eating after 7:30pm (well I eat if I train) has helped me lose 3lbs in the past 2 weeks
Everytime I give up on the super rad chick, she comes back.. saweet
Need to contact Reverb about a board

Sunse+ Friday afternoon!! Woo hoo!! Enjoy the SW!!!

LATER!!

New Digs

2007-03-22T12:47:00.000-07:00

But only for the job... man I miss having my own office. This happened by default because the person I was supposed to share it with moved to another dept. I had the office to myself for almost 6 months. This meant loud music, sleeping (only during lunch cause the door had a window, with shades), cruising the internet how ever long I wanted too and keeping the temperature as cold as I wanted.

Now, I'm in a cubicle, with only 2 motherf-ing walls!! I sit outside my boss's office. The grass has been worked on the past two days so I've been sneezing a lot and I had to do a financial report without any access to resources. At least my new office has A/C. The building I'm in is old and all rooms don't have A/C.

Last weekend's surf with the fish was pretty fun. I only caught a few waves cause of the tide and being picky on closeouts. My last wave turned out to be pretty good.. but only for a while. The wave jacked up from the back wash and I 2 stroked it and popped up. Made a really good bottom turn and head toward the lip. Did one pump and got dropped in on. Ahh well, it all happened so fast but I felt like I was in control and ready to murd-duh-lize the wave. I brought the Rusty, but thought it would be difficult to get into waves. I left it in the surf truck. I probably could have caught some but I was pressed for time.

After that was my 8yr old cousin's bday party and St. Patty's day with some friend's and some chick they were trying to hook me up with. I tried to talk to her, but she was drunk and eventually puked a few times.. WHAT YOUR FEET!! HAHAHAH!! It was like a firehose of vomit!

Sunday I slept all day and saw 300 with the family (bros and mom. Great movie and the first time we've gone out together and it wasn't for food.

This weekend, I'm going to try and register late for the St@wberry Fields Tri. Ocean swim!! Man that's gonna suck. There's also supposed to be some fog and onshore flow. GREAT!! SUCKIER!!

LATER!!

New board!

2007-03-15T09:30:00.000-07:00

I wonder how much this shaper charges for a board in my size?

Rad Action Sports Videos

I'm GIDDY!!!!

Reasons:
I thought I blew it with Super Rad Chick (we were supposed to surf Sunday) but she stopped by and we talked for a few minutes. AHH YEAH!!!
I got a call from KR0Q and was told I won a prize
My bro called me and said he had some Cl!pper tickets for me. "Hey Super Rad Chick, wanna go?" I still haven't asked her cause I suck with chicks.
Funny how things work. I applied for 2 positions, one in my dept and the other was through recruitment. I really wanted the one in my dept but chose the other because my dept couldn't make up their minds. After talking to my current supervisor about the duties, I think I made the right choice. My dept is a humongous bang for their buck...
SWELL!!!! Hopefully it lasts till Friday.
Saturday is Guinness time!!!

LATER!

Damn tourists!!!

2007-03-12T10:40:00.000-07:00

This weekend ended up being great!!! I was kind of bummed to see the flatness on the Sunse+ cam so I just went home and ran. This was the first time running, actually more like jogging, that I've done since the marathon. My knee has been hurting all week but it didn't hurt during the run. I threw on a few S@lonpas patches on it just in case it hurt then next morning.. damn I hate taking those things off!

Saturday morning, I surfed my favorite spot with the fish. I thought catching a wave right when I got into the line up was a good sign but I was wrong. I did notice a difference in my paddling. I felt like I was being shot out of a canon when I paddled for a wave and it completely threw off my popup. After an hour or so of sitting and sucking trying to catch set waves, I paddled to the inside and caught a few thigh highers. Then it hit me.. I was paddling like I was on my Rusty. I made the adjustment to my paddling and was able to 3 or 4 stroke it onto the wave. AHH YEAH!!! Too bad I was too tired to keep going. Once I got back, I had lunch with my god-daughter and her family... man kids are funny!!! We spent 2 hours at the restaurant.. 2 hours!!! DANG!! I was ready to go home and take a nap!! I was able to take a 30 min nap and picked up my cousins to see My Chemic@l Rom@nce at the F0rum. I decided not to park in the parking lot and found some street parking.. had to walk a few minutes but it was worth it. Getting in and out of the lot was a nightmare! These guys rocked it. I'm really not a fan, but I had a great time. The only bad thing was: 1) Almost got kicked out for using my camera that I snuck in. 2) My soon to be 8yr old cousin kept on asking how many more minutes, after the first half (they changed). It was really cool to see her rocking out the whole first time.. She was pumping her fist, jumping and singing. 3) Is it weird that people take their young kids to concerts? I'm not talking about 3 or 4 yr olds.. I'm talking can't walk or talk young. Crazy!

Sunday I woke up later than I wanted and took my Performance longboard to my favorite spot again. I stayed out for 3 hours.. for some reason, I wasn't getting tired no matter how much I was paddling.. caught so many waves and I didn't just cruise on them, I worked them, did some cheater 5's, tried some floaters and pissed off a lot of shortboarders. I think was the best day of surfing I've had in a while. Not really consistent but the lack of a crowd made up for that. I would say the set waves I caught were around shoulder high. I need to work on not "sinking" the back part of the board so much. I sank it so deep that my board would just stop. I probably didn't explain that right. I was so stoked that I was making sections and making the guys on the inside pull off. I'm not really good at speeding up to get around the white water. And damn I think some kelp collecting boat dump a jungle load of it near the point. I kept having to untangle myself and missed a few waves cause it was slowing me down.

And fuck the tourist that blocked me in (I parked on the dirt lot)!!! I know Neptune's Net is super good, but seriously, do you have to park your car so others can't get out? Dumb shit!! I asked a few people around if it was their car.. their replies, "Nope.. damn tourists.. set the alarm off." I tried a few tugs on the door handles, smacking the doors and rocking the back bumper, I wasn't able to set it off. Right when I got the bright idea of jumping on the hood, the butthole (I'm bringing that word back!) comes running and asks if I've been waiting long. "One more minute and I would have been on your hood homie." He gave me the "Oh shit" face. Jackass.

Notes:
4/11 for the Run 31 days in March challege; 21 runs gets me silver!!!
You can't claim double overhead when you first claim it was overhead.. dumbass
Seriously (same guy above), do you have the right to laugh at me for falling on a wave when you're doin the power squat the whole ride on the longboard? Come on now.
Park on the street near the F0rum, St@ples center and W!ltern. Walk 5 minutes to save $20 and traffic!
Cold drinks on a hot day rule!
S@lonpas patches are good and bad at the same time.
Saw a guy wearing a "Recovering Slut" tshirt. HEE HEE!!!
I can play the first few notes of Smoke on the W@ater!!
Need to remember to adjust my paddling according to my board.
Need to work on going backside. Do you keep your front leg straight or bent?
HOLD ON TO YOUR BOARD!!!

Hopefully some more fun waves this weekend!! Time to hit the road again (run and bike)!!!

First and Last

2007-03-06T11:26:00.000-08:00

Damn the heat!!! Damn the rookie mistakes!!! Damn the marathon!! I think this will be my first and last I'll ever do. I started out too damn fast and suffered the rest of the way. First off, if you're gonna plan a race, make sure there are enough porto-potties for everyone!!! I waited an hour to pee. I did get some comedy out of it thought. An old lady, whom I assumed didn't speak English or was pretending like she didn't, tried to cut in front of the line and pissed off a few people. She stood there like they weren't there complaining. Then someone explained to her, in Spanish, to get in line and she had no reason to cut, she wasn't racing. The other comedy bit was when I was 2nd to go, some guy busted out of the potty, grabbed a shirt on the fence and took care of business. Well, that's what he probably did.

At the starting line, some dude got up on the bus stop shelter and started talking. I only heard him because he had two people holding speakers up. He mentioned he was a firefighter and started talking about how people died doing the marathon. Oh, cool! An announcement about not pushing it and stopping when you can't go on. NOPE!! He started to go on about how we need to all repent.. Blah Blah Blah.. I shouted, "Shut up!" a couple of times.. Then the pack started to move and me and 20,000+ friends started our journey. My plan was 11:30min/mile pace for first 10, 11:15 10-18, 11 the last 8.
First 10 miles were cool.. I was doing the first 3 miles at 11:30.. uphill!!! Should have backed off then.. then the next 6 or so downhill, I was hitting 10:30.. Then I looked at my heart rate.. 180!!! Oh man.. so I started to back it down and took a few walk breaks and hit 13 miles at about 2hr 45min (winners finished by now).. Cool time.. then I started running again, heart rate was still at 180... Dammit!! Slowed down.. then I did the run 5 min/walk 1 min deal. At mile 18, I cramped real bad, was forced to walk, with major pain... Ended up walking the rest of the way. I almost quit near St@ples center. My friend lives 2 blocks from it and I thought about heading over, but I finished the race with a horrible time (for me) of 6hr 30min. I got really down on myself for not finishing near my goal, but everyone is cheering me up and I feel better.

Other things I saw:
People handing out beers and bloody mary's!!! Wish I found them at mile 20, not 7.
2 guys doing the race on crutches
Barefoot runners
Super old, hunched over dude that I passed early then he passed me
A bunch of kids beating me to the finish line
Camelbaks.. DAMMIT!! I own one!! Why didn't I use it?
Mexican hot dogs after the race.. mmmm... smelled good but I didn't think I could keep them down

I'm really debating on getting revenge next year, but we'll see. The marathon isn't as much fun triathlon. I definitely do more half marathons but now the focus is on tri's and the half ironman near the end of the year... Only 13 miles of running for that.

Swell's a comin on Friday and I'll probably hit Sunse+. Saturday, I'm supposed to surf with one of my friend's from college, but we'll see how that goes. Hopefully, I still have the paddle strength to surf 3 days in a row.

LATER!!!

Already spent

2007-03-01T09:24:00.000-08:00

See you later 2006 refund!

I have to agree with Surfsister's recent post on her blog. DAMN YOU ALL FOR GETTING NEW BOARDS!!! In the past, I've been able to suppress my need for getting a new board by searching the web for deals on boards and suggesting them to my friends. Now that I'm no longer extending any more surf invitations to my friends, I've been looking for boards for me; when you're done with work and sit at a computer for hours, researching surfboards passes time really well.
Recently, my good buddy, from the OC (I've mentioned him before), mentioned he was ordering a Bruce !rons model from JS. I ordered a 6'2.. or was that a 6'4? I don't want him to take advantage of the hookup so if it doesn't work, then no sweat.. I think I've found my next board.. the C0le Firefly.

FIREFLY
The firefly is the culmination of many years of experimentation. The Firefly accelerates quickly, is snappy off the top. The Four Fin design is loose, yet maximizes drive and holding power. When on rail, both fins are facing the same direction, minimizing drag and eliminating the anchor effect of a third fin. Stretch your imagination. Think for yourself. Fly one today. $585.. +$35 for rail channels

I've also thought about other boards, but this is on the top of the list (see below):
Campbell Bonzer-too expensive!!!
Quad Fish-have to blame the guy I bought my Fish from
Egg-read about this on someone's blog
Another Doc board-from gracfullee's blog.. Doc shaped my first custom board.
Blog boards-Shapers: Reverb, Clayfin and Alan-M

This reminds me that I need to post my quiver... Finally got a new camera, so hopefully post it soon. I lag.

And wtf!! Who turned off the heater?!?!? I hate running on the dreadmill at the gym. 1. It's boring. 2. The past 3 days, I've run next to females. One conversation was with some teenagers arguing cause the other didn't return her text message.. SERIOUSLY?!?!!? Last night, two ladies talking about tv shows and celebrities and their lives.. 3. People smell..

Another WTF!!! The motherf-ing Red H0t Chil! Peppers have their own boardshorts... they're taking over the world!! DAMN THEM!!! First I had to make my ears deaf to them.. now I've got to blind myself.. grrrrr... say it with me.. no more RHCP!!!

Sunday is the marathon... sorry about the traffic.. Wish me luck!!!

I'm BLEEDING!!!

2007-02-26T14:40:00.000-08:00

For the first time in my short running career, my nipples.. actually nipple, BLED!!! This past Saturday, I went on an 8 miler and ended up with a bloody right nipple. Good thing I was wearing a dark colored shirt.. oh wait, no I wasn't. DAMMIT!! Kinda feels like the first time I surfed. I trunked it, the water was cold and my nipples got super sore.. for 3 days!!! I'm gonna stop at a store and pickup some waterproof b@nd @ids.

And, I think I picked a great time to stop surfing... rain last week and predicted rain during this week too but Saturday is predicted to be 72! Great running weather.

The next couple of weeks are pretty busy and I'm doing my first triathlon of the season! Woo Hoo!!! Oh, and did I mention that I'm going to visit the Kiwi's? AHH YEAH!!!

LATER!!!

Check my new link

2007-02-21T09:48:00.001-08:00

This guy rad!

Broke his head

2007-02-20T14:19:00.000-08:00

So all last week, I planned to do so much.. surf, run, go out and hang with super rad chick.

Friday, I leave work and head to Sunse+. That's where it got bad. Took me almost an hour to get there when it usually takes 30 mins. Get there and check the surf, nada. But hey, there are people in the water so there's gotta be something. No, not really. Managed half a ride. I got up half way and held the rail of my fish and tried a super mini head dip. Yeah!! Finally got my hair wet after about 30 minutes of just sitting and chasing. Got out about an hour later and headed to the bike shop and zj's. Big mistake. It took me forever to get there. Driving home was no fun either. I got off at 4 and didn't get home until 9:30. But I did manage to find a pair of sandals I liked. Check out the S!mple sandals. $55 at zj's but I ordered them on line for half the price. Oh and I did pick up a few (un)needed items.

Saturday was revenge day for me. On tap? Surf and run. Only half of that worked. I woke up late and drove to C0unty with the tanker. Soo much fun! Waist to chest, I think. 2 hours of constant wave catching and paddling back out with the occasional rest here and there. For a while, another longboarder and I were holding one of the peaks in front of the drain pipe. One wave of mention. Took off on one of the set waves. A lot of them were closing out after my bottom turns but this one just wouldn't break. I kept pumping the tanker just like the other good longboarders. Geez that thing is heavy! While on the wave, I noticed a sound of moving rock. I thought I had gone too far in (super low tide) but it was my tail making all that noise. Ended it with hitting the lip (if wanna call it that) and headed for the beach and jumped off, in waist deep water. A few waves after this, I started walking the board trying to at least hang 5. I have forgotten how to cross step so I'm back to the good ol' hop over to the nose move. Managed a hang 5 and tried to get covered. Yeah, I know. What was I thinking!! I was way too high on the wave and got pitched, tumbled and popped up under my board and hit the side of my head. No blacking out or stars, but I did have a gnarly bump on my head. I headed home after 30 minutes. Got home, and slept.. Pretty much slept the entire weekend away. Damn that bump really messed me up.

I did get out Sunday nite to see a movie premiere with the best bud. Mingled with a few surfers and artists. The movie inspired me. There is no right way of art.

So from now until after the marathon, no more surfing for this dude. Doesn't hurt as much to say that cause of the expected rain at the end of the week.

Can you feel it?? It's almost race season!!!

I think I'm done

2007-02-16T10:37:00.000-08:00

With asking my friends if they want to go surf.

First they find out that I surf and when I explain the Stoke and they tell me, "Give me a call next time you go out. I want to learn." Actually, the first thing they ask me is, "Where do you surf." I used to reply, "Insert favorite spot here." But they never knew where it was. So now, my reply is, "The Pacific ocean."

Yes, I've called, emailed and texted several invitations to them, but have they ever come out? NOPE! After the 3rd excuse... I start to get annoyed, but still send out the invitations because I want to share the Stoke.

Today was the last draw. This friend has been wanting to paddle out with me for the past 3 months. His excuse? He forgot to bring his wetsuit.

Unless you're the best bud, that special someone (super rad chick) or regularly surf... NO MORE INVITATIONS FOR YOU!

Rant over. See you in the water!

MY DATE!!!

2007-02-15T11:20:00.000-08:00

As you know yesterday was V@lentine's Day so I left work early to beat the traffic. Didn't work out too well because I only got to my hood 5 minutes early. Before getting home, I stopped by a store to pick up some needed "things" for my date. Once I got home, I watched some TV and got ready for my date. I was supposed to be ready by 6:30 but didn't leave the door until 7. I really didn't put on anything nice, just enough to keep me warm. My date gave me a hug and we were off. Things started to got hot and heavy once I turned her on! I swear to you my heart rate went up 60 beats per minute! I shed some clothing because I started sweating so much. I did take a few rests here and there, but nothing long than 2 minutes, I think. This went one for about an hour and a half. Funny thing is, I think I could have gone for another 45 minutes or so. I had a great time and so much fun.
Once I got home, I took a shower because I didn't want to go to bed all sweaty and stinky.

What really happened:
Before I go home, I hit the running store to pickup some socks and b0dyglide (try it around your wrist and ankles for your fullsuit.. makes it easier to get that thing on/off). Watched some tv and dressed up in a long sleeve with running jacket cause it was kinda cold and started my run. After about 2 miles, I took off the head band that covered my ears cause I was getting hot. Took me about an hour and a half to go 8 miles (2 long hills totaling 1 mile) and got home feeling like I could have gone farther if I wanted to.

And there you have it. My V@lentine's day was with my heart rate monitor and 8 miles in the semi cold.

Hope to surf Sunse+ after work tomorrow. I'll be there around 4:30. Also have a 3 day weekend and hope to surf more, run 12 miles and go out with super rad chick from concert. AHHH YEAH!!!!

HAPPY

2007-02-14T14:52:00.000-08:00

V-DAY!!! **vomit**

Wanna hear it?

2007-02-12T15:16:00.000-08:00

Well here it goes! (no real surf content)

Friday, I called in sick so that I could squeeze in the 20 mile run. The run went well. Took me about 4 hours and some change. I swear to you, I hit every damn stoplight in my city. Weather started out pretty cool so I wore a long sleeve tech shirt. 2 hours in, the sun shows up and warms me up. Good thing the long sleeve was black :(... Miles 1-15 were cool; no problems just the heat factor starting to bother me. 15-18 were hell. I wanted to rip all my clothes and heart rate monitor off. I started going crazy... I caught myself getting mad at stoplights.. GRRRR!!! Miles 18-20 were a blur... they went by so fast but I swear you could have walked faster than I ran it. And you know what? 20 miles isn't so bad. Took a nice long ice bath and rub myself down with some sports cream.
After a few hours of rest, drove down to the OC to the best bud's place. "What? Ex-gf from high school is cooking dumplings? I think I'll get some McDonald's." Load up the car and head to the border. 2 hours in a car never went by so fast. We were having so much fun and were super loud. I'm so glad I wasn't driving.
In Mex, we pull off the freeway onto a test your suspension road. This didn't do any favors for the people with hangovers the next day. Unload, drink some and headed to the beach, which was 35 steps away. Damn I should have brought the board!! 6-10ft my ass! More like 6-10 inches. Long story short, 5 of the 7 ended up in the ocean. One was completely naked and the rest in bras, panties or boxers. They tried to get me in but I didn't cave into the peer pressure. After that, we cleaned up and drank a little more. Ok, a lot more. I think everyone stayed up because the first person to fall asleep got drawn on. Ef-gf-from-HS was the first to go. Her Mex code name is El Gato. You'd have to see the pictures.
Next day, drove to Puert0 Nuev0 for some lobster. Muy bueno! I love the tortillas there. Drove back and on the way back, bought some food, fireworks and a donkey pinata. I think we all took naps after that. Woke up a few hours later to some carne asada. MMMM..
After a few minutes of "decorating" the donkey, we took it to the beach and played with some fireworks. Oh, and did I mention the gnarly "firework" aka TNT, I mean dynami.. I mean stick that some random dude gave us? We played with some roman candles, lit some bottle rockets, and those missle things (my all-time favorite). After about a few minutes of this, we saw a flashlight pointing towards us so we scattered and headed back. But only after we "stuffed" the donkey. The whole time I was bracing myself for the loud bang, but it ended up just smoldering. Good thing there was a security guard there to point us to the stairs to the house, with his flashlight. Hee hee!
After a cold shower, we headed to P@pas and beer. It wasn't that crowded. Had a little too much to drink but held my own until we got home.
I was the first to go, but I didn't get any art.. probably cause I locked the door to my room. Which reminds me! I a room to myself! Woo hoo!!
Sunday morning and we all roll out of bed, 15 minutes AFTER checkout time. Oops! Ahh well.. we pack up and head to the exit and what do we find there!?!?! THE DONKEY!!! Someone in the car said, "Wouldn't that be dope if the donkey was at the front gate?" HHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! It seems that Senor Burro got more decorations.. AHH YEAH!!!
On the way back, we stopped for some food. MMMM!!! Dim sum!!! "Hi, I'm 'The Driver'" Bypassed all the people waiting and sat right down. Turns out they had a table for 7 and there wasn't a party of 7 waiting.
Get back to the OC, get ready and head to the Cave to pick up the SRA to see one of my favorite bands. I'm really stoked that I took her. The whole time we were talking, I kept thinking to myself, "Whoa, I could really date this chick." So much in common. Wish me luck!

Notes:
Best bud= Horchata
Ex-gf= El Gato
New Jap friend= Desnudo (naked)
BCS= Sonador (dreamer- I slept a lot)
Vietnam #1= Ruidoso (loud)
Vietnam#2= Ricl Suave (can't really think of one for him)
Best bud's "Friend"= Camionero (driver)
We were all supposed to have Mex code names, but only the top 3 were dubbed.
Exposed flesh in the water, in the middle of the night
Boom-boom in the bathroom after above
Penis on Ex-gf's face then some coal "paint" and we have El Gato
Lots of lesbianism
Bud Light for breakfast
Bargaining is fun!
Blue's secret stash of tequil@. Vietnam's 1&2 were brave for taking that random shot
Fireworks and the "Stick"
Donkey!!!
Stung you dumb! (Horchata getting stung by a bee while sticking her hand out the window and was talking.. well.. umm.. dumb)
Favorite band with a super rad chick.. that does stuff that I do!!!
Super rad chick would probably kick my ass in all the sports we have in common.. except for surfing.. fweeh!
Putting salt El Gato's beer.. TEE HEE!!
Dude with no legs on a faux-skateboard
Saw one barreling wave (on the way home in the car)
Horns purchased at market that were promptly place in grill of car
XX-mmmmmm
LOBSTER!
20 miles!!!
Super rad chick!

Surf hopefully Friday after work and then 3 day weekend!!! Woo hoo!!! Run mileage gets easier until the m@rathon. Surf and run!!!!

LATER!!!

They won again

2007-02-08T15:24:00.000-08:00

Lemon Coolers, my most favorite girl scout cookie, has been retired.

The terrorists win a little bit.. again... dammit!!!

When will the madness end?

2007-02-08T07:36:00.000-08:00

This weekend is gonna be another busy one! So busy, I'm gonna call in sick Friday so I can run the scheduled 20 miles. Then head to the best bud's pad to make that trip to Ros@rito. I checked the surf report and it's forcasting 6-10ft waves. Damn, that might be a little too big for my first time surfing K-thirty8. I'll bring the board just in case. Then, Sunday night, I'll be seeing one of my favorite bands with a really cute chick (no hitting on her until after v-day)! WOOO HOOO!!! Monday is gonna SUCK!! Good thing we have a 3 day weekend next week!

Check the clip! These guys are motherf-ing crazy!

2 for 1 Mondays..

2007-02-05T15:12:00.000-08:00

It's so cold that the wave freezes when it hits shore. 47 degrees doesn't sound so bad right now, now does it, Cap'n Surf Queen???

Good Times!

2007-02-05T08:59:00.000-08:00

Friday afternoon, there was this crane that fell near the 1o1 and 4o5N that caused some gnarly traffic. It took one friend 2.5 hours to get home, my carpool buddy hung out at the mall until 7 and got home in 2 hours and the carpool buddy's friend took 4 hours to get home. Me, I didn't get home until 4AM. I didn't go straight home though. ;)
After work, I headed to HB to pickup my race packet and met up with my good friends at www.goforitsports.com (a great source for all your Triathlon gear). Then, headed out to the 0C for a friend's bday at B0iling Cr@b. Super good food and a hot chickie sitting across from me. We made her dip her whole hand in some sauce and she didn't clean her hands off until the end. After a few hours of eating, we went to some club. Good times. Met 3 other chickies through the bday friend. One of them was cute, but once the said, "Let's go smoke," the hottness factor died. Ahh well. Get home at 4 and wake up at 7 to hit up C0untyline with the Pirahna. Super high tide and the point was almost Maliz00 crowded. I think I caught 3 or 4 waves and my first wave was the best. I caught one of the set waves that slipped through the longboard crowd. Popped up, did a bottom turn, hit the lip, went down and looked back. I dropped in on someone so I pulled off. It was good until it lasted. There was a sponger getting in the water in a green full suit. Dude looked like Gumby. I took one wave in and did the rock dance out. I was standing on one of the rocks and it decided to move and me me fall. I landed on my knees and my right calf cramped, big time. My board also hit the rocks but nothing happened. FWEEH! Saw a few photogs. Is this the new trend "Hey, I think I got some pics of you, check out my website, you can buy some pics."
At home, Mom was cooking up a storm (crab and shrimp for days, literally). Family came over to celebrate her birthday. Great times. Took a long nap; about 7 hours, ate a little then another 4 hours of sleep.
Up at 6am and drove to HB for 13.1 miles of goodness. And in true Beancountingsurfer fashion, I got to the start line 20 minutes after the start time. Dammit! Good thing this was a half-marathon so my time didn't start until after I ran over the start mat; we had timing chips. I was going pretty well and was amazed I was trucking so fast. I looked up my times, pace at mile 5: 10:38, pace at mile 9: 10:42. Woo hoo! I'm gonna beat my goal of 2hrs 30 min. Hit mile 10, dammit! My calf starts hurting!! Damn that hill! I think I took it too fast. Mix of walk and run was strategy. Run until you feel the cramp coming then walk. I finished 2 minutes over my goal. Good enough for me. A few noticables: some guy was running the marathon.. wait for it.. BAREFOOT!. Another guy was running the half carrying two American flags; they said he does this in all his races (passed him at mile 6). Some foreign dude singing: "Proud to be an American" at the top of his lungs. I raced a kid the last 50yrds to the finish line. I let him win.
After that had lunch with my uncle at Y@rdhouse and head to a friend's place to watch that game. Great game with lots of action and a great group to watch it with. Then sushi with the bros to end the weekend.

On tap this week, ask for Friday off so I can run 20 miles, then Ros@rito with the best bud and friends and see my FAVORITE BAND Sunday night. Damn, I'm having a lot of fun.

And if I haven't said it before, I'll say it now: The Red H0t Chili Peppers suck!

Hey Clayfin, how'd your wife do?

WTF!

2007-02-02T11:32:00.000-08:00

A power heated wetsuit!!! Crazy!! Up next? The automatic board waxer.

This weekend is Mom's bday lunch at home with a dump truck worth of seafood, 13.1 miles in HB and the Super B0wl. AHH YEAH!!

EDIT*** Oh, and surf Saturday morning!!

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!

2007-01-30T11:09:00.000-08:00

The chick that cuts my hair is leaving.. NOO!! Now who the hell am I going to trust with cutting my hair and still not pay more than a fingernail? Oh, she's staying in town? SAWEET!
Chick: "Yeah, I'll still be in the city, but at a different spot. Just leave me your number and I'll call you when I'm all setup."
End haircut, pay, ask for ones for tip and a piece of paper for my phone number.
Walk up to her and give her my tip and number.
ENTER AWKWARDNESS!!!
Me: "Oh yeah, here's my number for future purposes..." *red face*
SMOOTH MOVE!!
Exit.
Ah well.

Rain! Rain! Go away! I need to run tonite and don't want to surf in poo on Saturday.

2 for 1 Monday's

2007-01-29T13:06:00.000-08:00

Dear Jogger,

I noticed that you were kind of running funny. I'm no pro when it comes to form but holding onto the bottom of your shirt while you run? Probably not the most efficient. You might want to let go and swing your arms back and forth (in a straight line). But seriously, dude, I think it's time to get a bigger shirt. It's ok, we all go through it.

Sincerely,
The Beancountingsurfer

This was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY funnier when I was thinking of it on the way back from lunch.

FUN!

2007-01-29T08:56:00.000-08:00

So after work on Friday, I made it to Sunse+ and was in the water by 4:30pm. Place wasn't firing but it was good enough for me. DAMN the Wooly Mammoth trip!!! My left arm is still jacked which made paddling hurt. The waves were big enough for me not to paddle hard so the shoulder only became a problem when paddling back out after a ride. I managed to catch a handful. I did manage to make a friend (numero dos for 2007). We shall call him "Morris." Saw him first while paddling back out and noticed that his leash was attached to his ass. WTF! Pulled up next to him and thought he was just dangling his legs in the water. A couple of waves later, he mentions that sometimes he feels like Captain Dan out in heavier surf. Then it hit me! He doesn't have any legs! Man what an inspiration! He mad me want to stay out longer, which I did. I eventually asked him how he got out. He said he usually asks someone to take his board up for him but if he's on his own, he usually shuffles up with his board. And damn, he can surf too. Hope to surf with him sometime again.

Saturday, I was supposed to run but how am I supposed to do that when Mom hooked it up with fresh crab and shrimps. My favorite!! I can eat of lot of it, but when I finally got fully, it didn't look like my brother and I made a dent! And, yes, I still live at home, but for certain reasons. If you like shrimp, try cooking them in seven-up. They turn out to be sweeter. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!

Sunday, I managed to get out the door and do my run. Only did 16 miles of the 18 scheduled; ran out of water and money (that's what I tell myself). It was pretty cool being told, "Hey, you were at the other end of the city huh?" Why yes, I was! While on the run, I came to one conclusion about myself.. I AM MOTHERF-ING SLOW! Ahh well.

Surf Friday after work again and half marathon for breakfast before the Superb0wl.

Afternoon sesh

2007-01-26T07:30:00.001-08:00

Sunse+ after work, anyone? Woo hoo!!! SURF!! SURF!! SURF!!!

Woo Hoo!!

2007-01-25T13:48:00.000-08:00

One-Time Tax Refund Available to Long-Distance Telephone Customers

FS-2007-1, January 2007

This year, telephone customers can request a one-time refund of taxes they paid on long-distance and bundled telephone service. Individuals, businesses and tax-exempt organizations can request this refund as a credit on their 2006 federal income tax returns.

Over 146 million individuals and more than 14 million businesses and tax-exempt organizations are expected to request the refund. This includes millions of people and organizations who don’t normally file returns, for example, low-income individuals (many of them senior citizens), churches and small charities. The government estimates that telephone excise tax refunds totaling $10 billion will be paid to individuals and another $5 billion to businesses and tax-exempt organizations.

The refund covers the three-percent tax paid on long-distance and bundled service billed after Feb. 28, 2003 and before Aug. 1, 2006. Several recent federal court decisions held that the tax does not apply to long-distance service as it is billed today. For that reason, the government stopped collecting the tax on service billed after July 2006 and authorized refunds of the taxes billed during the previous 41 months.

The federal excise tax continues to apply to local-only telephone service. Likewise, various state and local taxes and fees paid by telephone customers are unaffected and thus, not eligible for the refund.

Federal long-distance excise taxes paid on land line, cell phone, fax and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service qualify for the refund. This includes bundled service — local and long-distance service provided under a plan that does not separately list the charge for local service. Bundled service includes, for example, phone plans that provide both local and long-distance service for either a flat monthly fee or a charge that varies with the time for which the service is used.

Taxpayers can base their refund requests on the actual amount of tax paid. To do this, they must fill out Form 8913, Credit for Federal Telephone Excise Tax Paid. Individuals and businesses should attach it to their regular 2006 income-tax returns. Tax-exempt organizations should attach it to Form 990-T.

But many people don’t want to dig through 41 months of old phone bills or lack the records they need to figure the actual amount of tax paid. For that reason, the government created a standard amount that individuals can use to request the telephone excise tax refund. The amount is based on the number of personal and dependency exemptions an individual is eligible to claim on their tax returns. The standard amounts are:

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1 exemption — $30;
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2 exemptions — $40;
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3 exemptions — $50; or
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4 exemptions — $60.

The standard amount is optional. To choose it, taxpayers fill in one line on their federal income tax returns. The line, labeled “Credit for federal telephone excise tax paid,” is:

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Form 1040, Line 71;
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Form 1040A, Line 42; or
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Form 1040EZ, Line 9.

There is no standard amount for businesses and tax-exempt organizations, because they typically have more varied phone usage patterns than individuals. Instead, they can choose to use a special formula (also called the estimation method) to estimate the actual amount of tax on long-distance and bundled service they paid.

The formula is optional. It makes it easier by basing the estimate on just two monthly phone bills (April 2006 and September 2006). Individuals reporting more than $25,000 of gross business, farm and rental income can choose the formula. It is also available to any partnership, corporation, estate, trust or tax-exempt organization.

For millions of people not required to file a regular income-tax return, the IRS has created a special short form for requesting the telephone excise tax refund. It is Form 1040EZ-T and is used exclusively for this purpose. Form 1040EZ-T can also be filed electronically for free via the Free File link on IRS.gov beginning in mid-January.

Form 1040EZ-T can be used to request a refund with either the actual amount of tax paid or the standard amount. Those choosing actual amounts must attach Form 8913.

The IRS wants to make it as easy as possible for taxpayers to get the refund they deserve. Accordingly, the agency has created a page on this Web site devoted entirely to the refund. To get answers to frequently-asked questions, download forms and get other helpful tips, visit the federal excise tax refund link.

Damn the Peer Pressure!!

2007-01-22T09:18:00.000-08:00

This past weekend I was in Mammoth and thought I was going to run but after some gratuitous peer pressure, I bought my friends board and hit the slopes. Car ride to and fro was good times, even though I had a size medium seat for a size large guy (ok, not that funny). Sang or slept the entire way there. Next road trip, I need 80's music and slow jams.

I think I was doing pretty well during the first 3 runs and then I got too confident and ate it pretty bad. F-ed up my left arm and my confidence. The runs after that hurt and I sucked it up big time. Still super fun and I'd definitely do it again (if it fit into the race sched).

Notes:
18 people in a place maxed out at 8 people
Fridge full of beer
Hottie cooks
Drunken games, (charades?) that I missed cause I hurt too much.. or was it that big bottle of Fat Tire?
I love Guinness!! And Fat Tire!
Cheesy eggs, spam and bacon at 1am when everyone was sleeping
One of the friend's friend getting cougared by some singer's sister
Classic lines: Wanna watch the undeleted scenes? I already mind read your mind. Wanna drink some drought (Guinness Draught)?
Hotties
X-Mas GIFTS!!! Thanks best bud!!! Kinda weird but at the same time, I'm curious
$15 sled that we used right after we unpacked the car
On the second to last run, I turned and cussed so loud. Super steep and I tried to plow my way down. I ate it a few times and seriously slid for 50yrds.
Ex-gf from high school didn't annoy me!!! Woo hoo!!
More peer pressure for Ros@rito... in...tah...resting!!!

Great friends.. Gr.. motherf-ing..ate Times!!!

Surf this weekend hopefully... 18 miles... and the anteater lives in a super nice building... :)

Dream Race!!!

2007-01-18T08:04:00.000-08:00

I found this race cruising one of the tr! forums.

Kr!spy Kreme Ch@llenge:

To Complete the Kr!spy Kreme Ch@llenge is to:

1) Run from the NC St@te Belltower to
the Kr!spy Kreme on Pe@ce Street.

2) Eat one dozen donuts.

3) Run back to the Belltower.

4) Do all this in under one hour.

People always ask if puking is allowed.
Don’t puke on purpose.
That’s not fair to the rest of us.

The Kr!spy Kreme Ch@llenge is not for the faint at heart.

Here are some facts about the Ch@llenge that every challenger needs to be aware of:

Doughnuts: 12 Original Gl@zed Kr!spy Kreme D0ughnuts

2400 calories
1200 fat calories
144g of fat
36g of saturated fat
48g of trans fat
60mg of Cholesterol
1140mg of sodium
120g of sugar
24g of protein

And to the friend that said, "You mean hail?" when I told her it was snowing near the Cave... we were both half right... grouple (sp?)..

This weekend I'll be in.. fill in the blank: Woolly ______!!!! Decided not to try and run up there.. Just have to run tonite and tommorw to make up for it.

Stay warm!

Holy Ca Ca!!!

2007-01-17T21:55:00.000-08:00

It snowed near the CAVE!!!!!

Ran tonight in 38 degree weather. Thank you Big Cinco for the $20 tights!

What does an @nteater live in?

And I have to admit @merican !dol is HI-F'ing-LARIOUS!

Sun good, Wind bad

2007-01-16T10:15:00.000-08:00

Note: The following is a bunch of crap you probably don't wanna read. Adventures in surfing is towards the bottom.

This weekend was a 3 day weekend for me. Woo Hoo!! I had a 16 mile run planned for Saturday, but only mananged to do 14.5 miles in 45 degree weather with some wind. I hate wind. My hands were frozen the first 30 minutes, then I realized that my jacket is long enough to pull over my hands so that helped a little. Around mile 12.5, I ran out of water and stopped at a gas station to buy some water. Can you believe a bottle of water is $1.25?!?!? For 16 oz!!!! WTF! And, I only had a dollar so I asked him if I could come back and pay him the $.25. But noooo!!! He said he would be off in 30 minutes. Damn, what has happened to society!?!?! I left pissed off and told him, "Go fuck yourself." A QUARTER!!!! I managed to find a drinking fountain 20 minutes later.

Run everyday in J@nuary challenge= 9/14

I was supposed to go out that night, but was too tired and just went to bed early.

Sunday, I woke up groggy and really sore. Walking to the bathroom hurt so I watched football the rest of the day. I did, however, purchase a portable dvd player via Be$tbuy online and wanted to pick it up at the local bricks and mortar. I arrive there, an hour and a half after I received the, "Your order is ready for pickup email." I waited 30 minutes because the damn dumb manager and her dumber peons couldn't find it in the store. When I first got there, the manager took the printout from me, went into the back to pick it up but it wasn't there. Then she disappeared into the sales floor to look for it. 10 minutes later, she comes back empty handed. She then hands off the printout to one of her peons and sends him to the warehouse. 1o more minutes of waiting and I finally get impatient and ask where the warehouse was. She replies, "It's in the back; not too far." I express that this shouldn't take this long and she replies in a raised voice, "I sent someone else to pick it up, but he was in the middle of wrapping a tv for a customer." WTF!! What is she stupid? Why didn't she just tell someone else to get it or get it her damn self! Then she asks one of the 2 people behind the counter (who have been standing there the whole time) to go find it. He comes back in 10 minutes with the player. At this point, I'm steaming and ask to return the item. Not once did the manager apologize for the inconvenience. I have banned my local Be$tbuy. Oh yeah, I'm calling in to make a complaint. Don't know if it'll help but at least I'll get to vent to someone.

That just ruined my night and I was supposed to go to some uber trendy club (some airport or something) but others flaked and it was me, the tv and the couch.

Monday, I checked the surf cams all morning. Nothing really goin on. Just a few sets (if you can call them that) every now and then. I decided to take a chance and go check myself because reports and cams lie!!! I'm really glad I did. Despite the frigid temps and howling offshore and sometimes sideshore winds, it was a fun sesh. There were only 3 of us out. I caught a handful of waves, mostly small ones. I did catch a set wave, belly button high, and got a good ride out of it. I need to stop trying to get covered in the shore break. Dumb.. just plain dumb. The rest of the day was spent in front of the tv. I think this is the most tv I've watched in a while.

Mammoth this weekend. Woo hoo!! 12 miles in elevation!!! Possibly snowboard Sunday, but I really don't want to get hurt. L@ Mar@thon is so close.

Surfsister beat me to my idea I've had for a while. So for those of you in the pack, post pics of your quiver! I'll put mine up this week sometime.

Side notes:
1. I managed to shock my nuts trying on a fleece jacket. NOT FUN!
2. I figured out how to avoid the stomach aches that force me to quit my runs early: Cl!f bars in small pieces!!
3. Anteater anyone??

So a Fat Lady Walked in Today...

2007-01-12T07:19:00.000-08:00

I've been watching M@rried with Ch!ldren reruns way too much. Yesterday, to weird things happened.

1. I saw and older couple walking and talking and the husband had ear buds in his ear while he was talking.

2. Yesterday, my coworker asked if I was going take tomorrow (which is today) off. I asked her why she asked and she responded with: "Because you always take the day off before a long weekend." I let her down today. I'm at work. :(

Dude Wh!ff ate a squirrel. WTF!! SQUIRREL!!!

Cold.. nay, freezing weather predicted. 16 miles tomorrow and surf in freezer. MONDAY OFF!!!

And might as well:

Five Things You Don't Know About Me

1. I have one tattoo and two wide feet
2. I've never taken any drugs.. contact highs yes.
3. Sometimes, I don't understand the cool terms (surf, slang, triathlon etc)
4. I hate cats
5. I used to think alternative rock music and surfing was stupid. Damn was I wrong!

Just for kicks!

2007-01-11T10:34:00.000-08:00

I am going to do the T0y0ta Red0nd0 Be@ch Tri@thlon.. on a beach cruiser!!!

Here is my inspiration:

HILARIOUS!!!

2007-01-04T09:24:00.000-08:00

Unless you have supervision, click on the sucker!

Self Reminder

2007-01-02T09:39:00.000-08:00

Of the Raddest Month.. ever. **edited**

-Charger Game- tailgating and LT breaking the TD record. We were supposed to get field level, but got the next level up almost near the railing. Good enough for me!
-Paul Frank warehouse sale-friend made a call and we didn't wait to get in and can't forget about the Christmas party with midgets, mini-snow hill, midgets, free booze, Wolfmother and a Motherf-ing CAMEL!
-RVC@- warehouse sale (didn't wait, again!), party with RVC@ crowd and super secret walk-through
-RVC@ Christmas party- lots of drinks, live performance, more shots, making out with chicks and not remembering, friend saying I sleep with a smile, told him to F off then he showed me evidence.. DAMN, guess it was a good, nay, GREAT night.
-Won an Ipod shuffle for my carpool story
-Got a super good raise. Almost twice of the said rate. Woo Hoo!!
-Lots of days off to do random stuff
-Finally back in the Christmas spirit and picked up a tree this year
-Won Disneyland Southern California Select annual passports from KR0Q while driving the tree to its new home. Sold them and got my heart rate monitor.
-Friend's bday bash- you can still have fun when you're a DD.
-Hooters, finally, with homey.
-Some surf- need to get back in the water again
-Ankle is feeling much better. Doesn't hurt to walk down stairs any more.
-Got new shoes that actaully work with my wide feet- Brooks Beast!
-Marathon training is hard to stick with. 10 miles with 6 miles being hill is a lot more fun than 13 flat miles
-Got on the bike for the first time in months
-A lot of time with best bud- super good times. lots of drinking, moving furniture, meeting her friends, painting her wall and just a lot of catching up. Made up for a lot of missed time, I'd say about 1.5 years in about one month.
-Xmas with the family- got a mini Coach wallet from youngest bro, hydration belt from middle bro(still in the mail by the way), oral-b triumph from my mom (if you don't have one, GET ONE! my teeth are so clean!), money from my dad and relatives, gps from uncle (which I want to return for a portable dvd player), gift cards, I won a blanket, movie tickets and $30 during bingo (actually, my whole family ran the table, we won 7 of 9 or 10 games)
-New Year's Eve with best bud and her friends at gr!dl0ck. Started off drinking at a friend's house. The DD's had energy drinks so that made me feel better, so did the alcohol. Then we drove 1.4 hours to pick up some chick and I lost my buzz, but it was worth it. I flirted with her, well in my eyes; I'm such a chicken, all night. My group decided to stay towards the back when the K!llers came on. I was with them for the countdown but decided to F-them and push forward. I got pretty damn close, about 10-12 people in front of me. Along the way, I sang along with random people, involuntarily felt up random people, took a few shots from random people (not one of my best decisions, but I'm still alive), got a contact high, danced the night away. Carmen Electra was supposed to host but we didn't see her. Damn her! After that, we hit Mel's diner, where I convinced 1.4 hour away chick to have some of my french toast. She had the "Damn I want some of that!" look in her eyes but denied my invitation to have some. She ate half of my plate when I offered it again. I got game, right? HAHAHAHA! I'm weak. Got to friend's place at 5:45am and decided that the sun would be up soon so I drove home to grab my board and surf. Cams showed lots of wind at the spot so I went to sleep, on and off for the whole day until finally getting up at 6pm. Probably should have called the 1.4 hour chick instead of texting her. Oh well.
-Almost reached my goal for the Slowtwitch December Camp. If only I trained on New Year's Eve. Ahh well, I needed all the rest.
-I think that's all? I'll edit if I remember more.
**The last time I surfed, there was a log, yes a log in the line up (first in the bay then near the point, where I was). Actually, more like a 5ft hunk of telephone pole. I thought of hopping on it and trying to catch a wave but I didn't want splinters in my ass. Two guys, different waves, almost hit the damn thing! CRAZY
**Even crazier!!! I saw a guy trunking it!!
**GOOGLE KNOWS EV-ER-EEE-THING!!!!!

New Years Resolutions:
1. Meet new people
2. Don't procrastinate
And just for kicks- get into base jumping.

Last year's Resolutions:
Be open... (insert words here) I was open to a lot of things, so check!
Be patient Kinda. Workwise check! Half a check for the rest.
Be humble 3/4 check!

FYI, the Running in Mud registration is open. Sign up, you'll have a blast.

15 miles this weekend and hopefully surf... and not drown.

Time to get serious!! It's race season!!!

See you in the water!!! I'm planning of setting up a surf day for the online pack. Probably somewhere in SoCal. Let me know if you're interested!

Dear Boys and Girls

2006-12-21T08:45:00.000-08:00

Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!!!

If you get a new board from Santa, can I ride it?

Cough Cough

2006-12-14T13:52:00.000-08:00

SHHHHHH... I'm calling in sick tomorrow so I can surf. Who's with me?

Great Weekend

2006-12-11T09:02:00.000-08:00

And I didn't surf!!!

Friday nite, I stayed home and rested for the S@nt@ M0nic@ 10K Xmas Run. Super fun and great weather. Oh yeah, hot chicks spread around. NICE!

After that, I went to my best bud's place and moved her cabinets from IKEA.

Dear Ike@,

Fuck you and your wack as furniture. Please find an easier way to take big things apart and put them back together, you motherfuckers!

Sincerely,
The BeanCountingSurfer.

Also moved a couch for her then went to a certain clothing company warehouse sale where she works. I ended up hanging out an helping. It was kinda sad to see some people, mostly older ones, leave empty handed after waiting more than an hour to get in. Doh! And tip for warehouse sales, go 30 minutes before it closes. You'll still get a lot of stuff. Another cool thing that happened was two hot chicks, well in my eyes, changing out in the open. Imagine this, you're talking to your friend and then you look over and you see some ass! Ahh yeah!! They were wearing bikini bottoms (which is the trend at denim sales in los angeles and orange county-hint hint). After the sale, I hung out with the clothing company crew, helped close shop and finish the beer. 4 Bud lights later, we hit an Irish pub. 1 Guinness and 3 Corn beef tacos (not so great by the way) were off to a pool hall for the best bud's frien's bday. Pretty cool. Another Guinness and good times and were back to her apartment.

6:30am and I'm in the shower and on my way to the Charger game. The game startes at 1:15 so why am I leaving so early? TAILGATE!! So much fun. We did this for 3 hours. BBQ'd, drank and tossed around a rubber football. And if you don't care about health, beef patties with 27% fat is super good eating!!! MMMMM.. then there were the home made patties mixed with chorizo.. DAMN!!! heard it was super good, but I didn't wanna have the shits later, so I passed. And what a game! LT is the man. He scored the record breaking TD on our side of the field. The crowd went nuts. On a side note, to the Denver fan that only cheered for only about 5 minutes during the game: Cheer up man! HAHAHAHAHA!! Everytime the Chargers did something good or scored, I'd tap him on the shoulder and ask for a high 5. Good times.

Right after the game, I head back to the best bud's place and hit up the super secret (well not really because there were a lot of people) xmas party for a certain monkey company. There were xmas trees, free drinks, a mini hill of snow you can sled down, h0t d0g on a stick, funnel cake, picture booths (like at the mall), an elf, a 4 song set by W0lfm0ther, midget elves and the icing on the cake... yeah, I know, what can top that.. A MOTHERF-ING CAMEL!!! WTF!!! A CAMEL!!! So RAD!! I wanted to take a picture with it but everytime I stood in line, the camel had to take a rest. DAMMIT!! I tried 3 times!!! Then I started wondering, can camels survive cold? Ahh well, 10:15pm and I'm out and home in an about an hour.

Heard there was some really good surf this weekend. Hope you got some (hee hee, got some!!!) before the rain.

Plan to surf this weekend with a college friend that just discovered the stoke.

For Sale

2006-12-06T08:47:00.000-08:00

This weekend's surf forecast has some macking swell predicted. Don't know if I'll be able to surf; I haven't surfed since Turkey day :(.. But I am going to SD to catch the Charger game... field level!!! I'll bring my board, just in case I have time to surf. I have a race and some moving to do on Saturday so I'll see how I feel.

If anyone is interested, I have 2 Disneyland tickets for $51 each. I'm single now, so I don't need them. Only catch is that they expire on the 14th. Damn my procrastination!!!

WANTED FOR ASSAULT

2006-11-30T07:51:00.000-08:00

On 11/29/06, approximately 6:52pm, Officer Sandy Claus was dispatched to the corner of Damn Cold St. and F-ing Breezy Ave. Officer SC found the BeanCounter rolling on a neighbor's lawn yelling obscenities and "Get that Motherf-er!!!" After some calming down, Officer SC interviewed the victim. The BeanCounter was on the start of his 5 mile run and 2 minutes in, he was attacked by what he describes as a pine cone. He was not able to get a good look of his face but was able to provide a description to the artist. This pine cone is considered dangerous. Please do not try to approach the attacker.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!! I JUST SIGNED UP FOR THE LA MARATHON!!!!!!!

It puts the lotion on its skin!

2006-11-28T15:09:00.000-08:00

You guys ever watch Joe Dirt? Hi-larious movie. I'm a sucker for stupid funny movies. Speaking of movies, I have made it my goal to watch all the Holiday movies this year. So far on the list: Sant@ C!aus 3, D3ck the H@lls, H@ppy Feet and Un@ccompanied M!nors (sorry, don't want searches pulling up my blog). Call me stupid or call me if you wanna see these movies.

So I kinda lied about the whole ,"I don't care, I'm just gonna surf," phrase. Out of the 6.5 days I had to surf, I only surfed 2. Only one wave to talk about. I caught it earlier than usual, popped up solid and was able to pump a few times. This was the feeling I've been waiting for. Can't wait for some better surf and really work it.

I also cooked this Turkeyday. I fried a 16lb turkey. Had to cut it in half cause my fryer can only take 14lbs max. If you've never fried a turkey before, try it. Super good and less than half the time of cooking it in the oven. Also made some sides, 3 types of potatoes and some creamed corn. I was too tired to make the cookies (I surfed and ran before I cooked) so I'll have to make them this weekend. I think this is the first time I've gotten excited about the holidays in a long time.

FYI, there is a P@ul Frank warehouse sale this Friday to Saturday and a RVC@ warehouse sale next weekend. I'll let you guys know if I hear of anymore.

HO HO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Delayed Type-action

2006-11-17T15:17:00.000-08:00

Last weekend, I only surfed Friday. One of the perks of working at 621; random days off! So I took the Rusty with me and finally went right! I caught a lot of waves but still having trouble putting my front foot farther than my back one. Still super fun, but I know I can do more if I get a solid popup.

By reading Whiff's blog, looks like I should have gone south. Oh well.

Cool thing I saw that day. Some guy on a beater board (yellowing, peeling stomp pad and patches). I looked at his leash and it had rope on the ends; rope from the cuff to leash and from leash to plug. Made me think, fuck all the hoopla about your hobby. You don't need the latest stuff gear. You just need the stoke. Thank you, my friend, for reminding me!

On another note: anyone interested in an indoor bike trainer? I have some information on a high quality one for super cheap.

On another note: WTF!!!

http://www.gocommandos.com/html/commandos_home.htm
Read the description! Pretty funny!

Surf this weekend; both days for sure.. don't care! Oh and signed up for the LA Marathon.. WHAT AM I THINKING!!!!!

SPICY!

2006-11-09T22:56:00.000-08:00

Last night, I went on a bike ride for 82 minutes, and decided to make some Tom Yum(Hot and Sour) Shrimp instant noodles. I follow the directions and only put a quarter of the seasoning in; trying to stay away from the sodium. 3 minutes later, I start to eat it. Super good noodles.. then it hit me.. SPICY!!!!! Holy shit my mouth is on fire! I waited a few minutes and my mouth was still on fire! I figure it can't get any worse and finish the bowl.. I'm not a food waster. After I finish it, I reach for some chocolate milk. Not working! Maybe cause it was soy chocolate milk? Then I get some water and ice. Still not working! I finally just keep the ice in my mouth and suffer for the next 10 minutes. I was still sweaty so I took a shower. WTF! My lips were hurting from the water. Note to self: Thai food is gnarly hot and I can't take it! And for those of you wondering, no, my ass was not on fire.

On a side note, I went 25mph on a flat road with no wind. Previous fastest flat road speed was 23mph. Woo hoo!

Definitely surf tomorrow.

OUCH!

2006-11-07T12:21:00.000-08:00

Last Saturday, I surfed CL. Bunch of waist high wind chop with the occassional belly button high wave. I'm starting to catch a lot more waves with the new stick. Still going left! I finally caught my first right. Seriously, one to remember. I did a bottom turn and tried to go up the face and over, but I didn't and got sucked over the falls, turned upside down and hit my head on the ocean floor. Dammit! I rubbed it for blood and all I got was sand and hair. Sweet! I paddled back out and surfed for another 30 minutes. Probably not a good idea but oh well. Got home with the worst headache but still managed to rebuild the surfboard rack and hang my bike. Took about 3 hours, 45 minutes in Home Depot.. that place is rad. Now all my board fit and there is a lot more room to take up. :)

Headache lingered the rest of the weekend so I just played couch potato. I hate sitting still. I had so much training planned. Oh well.

Dare I say it? Surf all 3 days this weekend? Hopefully!

Wanna Trade?

2006-11-02T07:33:00.000-08:00

I have an old wetsuit (possibly 2 if the new Vapor fits) and a women's spring suit (from ex-gf). They're just gathering dust in the garage. If anyone is interested, let me know. Only catch is you have to come pick it up or meet me at the beach.

The goods:

4/3 XXLS Aleeda fullsuit. Don't laugh, I was way chubby when I first started. Now I'm just chubby. This suit has a hole in the small of the back. You can probably glue it together.

O'Neil women's spring suit and rashguard. Size 10.

Things I'd be willing to trade for:
Wax, leash (6'), t-shirt(L) or wax.

The Review

2006-11-01T07:46:00.000-08:00

I took the new board out last Friday and Saturday in knee to waist with the rare chest high set. First hour was miserable! Lots of waist high waves to be had but I let them all pass. After that, I was able to get the board to work for me. I was paddling faster and catching some closeouts. I did manage to catch a chest high wave and went left. The board felt really good under my feet and I managed a mini snap and WTF, I found myself heading to shore after the move. Usually, I just fall down. SWEET! I see a lot of potential with this board. Can't wait to have it dialed in and start doin more progressive stuff.

With the new edition to the quiver, I need to rebuild the rack. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know! I have 4 shorties and 2 longboards and not enough space!

I also bought a new wetsuit from www.sierratradingpost.com. The suit was $189 and new members get 20% off. Price shipped was $163. This week, I found out that the suit is now $151. So with the new member price it would be around $130 shipped. I did try to ask for a change on my purchased wetsuit, but no dice. I think I'll try the 800 number cause the online chat chick was like the soup nazi.. NO DEAL FOR YOU!!! Why don't I return it you ask? I'll have to eat the original shipping, $12, and return shipping $5. So all in all, I'd save about $17. I'll still give them a call.

And I hate being busy at work! I can't remember if I sent out my cellphone rebate! Dang it! Hopefully a $50 check will come in the mail.

And if you're interested, dockers.com is having a sale. 30-40% off at check out. I bought 3 pairs of pants and used google check out. $116 shipped. Woo hoo!!

Speaking of all this money, we got our merit increases. Woo hoo!! I got more than the minimum! SWEET!

Later crocodiles!

The Coaster

2006-10-24T07:43:00.000-07:00

I tried to sign in yesterday, but bl0gger was giving me a hard time and not letting me in. Guess I wasn't on the guest list. It's been a while since I've posted so grab a cup of whatever you're drinking and enjoy..

2 Sundays ago was the Long Beach marathon. I hate running. As usual, something went wrong with my race.. actually a couple. First, I was late and started after the gun. Oh sweet, you have to run over the starter mat (I don't know what it's really called) so even though I was late, I got to start at zero instead of 5 minutes later. Second, I didn't bring my nutrition (gels and hydration) and cramped up around mile eight. What was I thinking? Oh yeah, they'll have gels and sports drinks on the course.. oh no they didn't. Water was at every station and gel was at mile 10. Oh well. I ended up walking 3 miles total and finished just under 3 hours. Things I saw on the course: An old Korean guy running in his underwear.. tighty whiteys! Women peeing on the side of the course.. oh hey, here's a spot where I can squat. An old guy beat me. I think he was in his late 60's or 70's, maybe even 80's. Almost, got beat by another old guy, running WITH A CANE!! But I think I beat him during the last mile when I started to run til it hurt. Overall, a good experience. I don't know if I'll do it again.. maybe next time and I'll make sure to bring my nutrition.

On the the 16th, my grandma passed away. We knew she was going to go soon, but not when. I love you mama! The rest of the week was spent with my family and Saturday was the funeral. It's amazing how looking at someone else crying can make you cry. I'll miss her.

So after the funeral, we had a reception at my Uncle's house. I took the kids bowling but the chickie was too tired and I told her to go to my house and take a nap. 4 hours later, I get home and find her in my bed. She thinks she's sick and asks for a washcloth for her forehead. I get the washcloth and bring it to the bathroom turn on the light and what do I find??? A 6'4 RUSTY PIRANHA!!!! The chickie, mom, bro, best bud and surf buddy all chipped in. I was so stoked. I couldn't let go of it for the next 45 minutes.

My yougnest brother planned his birthday outing a few weeks ago so we all went to The Mans!on in Hollywood. Pretty cool place and great music; a mix of hip hop and rock. My brother wanted to go VIP because we had a lot of people. $800 in cash and $450 on my middle bro's card and we have 3 bottles of vodka. Waste of money, I think. But, my bro's are like that. Champagne style on a beer budget. Oh well. It's not like it happens everyday.

Friday, I'm on a vacation day and spending the day with my papa to celebrate mama's bday. Plan is to surf Friday and Saturday morning. It's been so long. I can't wait.

I'll post picks of the new edition soon. LATER!

Feet don't fail me now!

2006-10-13T10:32:00.000-07:00

Sunday is the LBC marathon and I will be doing the Half. The furthest I've gone is 10 miles, twice last week. I haven't done any physical activity this week.

Uhh.. feet.. no.. Legs don't fail me now!!! I hope to finish under 2.5 hours. Yeah, I'm a slow runner.

Possible surf tomorrow.. and I found my new board..

Channel Islands Quad fin... so versatile... and so expensive...

www.cisurfboards.com- check the retro boards.

The Natti

2006-09-26T07:41:00.000-07:00

This past weekend, the chickie, the bros, dad and I went to my cousin's wedding in Cincinnati. Pretty short flight, 3.5 hours and when we landed, it was pouring! After 20 minutes of waiting, we drove to the rehearsal dinner; which we missed. It was 100ft from the car to the door and we got soaked! The party people were doin it Filipino style with the karaoke, of course. Food was ehh and I was still hungry. Good thing my new cousin agreed to taking me to Gold Star Chili!!!! MMMMM that place is the bomb!!!
Saturday, wake up to eggs, sausage and Filipino style cornbeef! MMMMM.. Get ready for the wedding and head out. I think everyone in Cincinnati listens to rap and in true rapper steelo, we cruised around in a Hummer limo. After the wedding, we had to go to my aunt's house to eat lunch. One problem, nobody was home to let us in. After 7 minutes of waiting, my cousin the bride, suggested Gold Star Chili!!! HELL F-ing YEAH!!! What a day!! At the reception, there was a chocolate fountain. It didn't get a lot of attention, but who cares! More for me!!! 10 songs later, time to go home... this time the late night menu came from White Castle.. ehhh.. should have gone to Gold Star Chili but it was the first time for my bros. Oh well.
Sleep 4 hours, wake up and get ready. Head to the airport and wait 35 minutes for the god-daughter and nephew to arrive so they can fly home with us. Kids are hungry and want McDonald's. And guess what's right next to it? Yup! Gold Star Chili!!! Cheese Coney's at 9am (6am pdt)!!! MMMMM!!!
What a great weekend. Went by really quick and I didn't get to surf.
Surf Friday, hopefully and maybe Vegas with the chickie's family.

LATER!

Finisher

2006-09-11T13:03:00.000-07:00

So this past month, I've been really concentrating on my triathlon training. I think I surfed once or twice, nothing to really blog about. So, if you're looking for stuff about surf, check out the links to the right.

Friday, 9/8/06
Went to the Marriot, in Marina Del Rey, to pick up my race packet and look for free stuff. $12 to park!!! WTF!!! F You Marriot! Funny thing about this is that I could have parked for free if I entered through the open gate in the alley. I just passed the tip along to one of the other athletes entering the parking lot. I hope he took it. Got a bunch of cool stuff from the expo: water bottles, chapstick, clif bars, highlighter color luggage tags, electorlite tabs that dissolved in water, a shirt, towel and endurance gatorade. Some other stuff but not that cool. Afterward, ate at Aunt Kizzy's. Super good food!!!! MMMM.. cornbread!!!!

Saturday, 9/9/06
Hung out with the chickie and friends. Ate at Phillipe's in downtown. MMMMMM!!! Then got some taro boba (tapioca balls for you non-knowers) and some spicy fried chicken. An hour later, ate dinner at a hot pot place. Super good. On the way home, stomach starts to hurt... big time! Great, I have to race the next day! Get home, take care of business and load the car for tomorrow. I took off my front wheel and notice something embedded in the tire. Hmmm, it's kinda in the where i found the hole in the tube. Oh well, bring the new tires just in case.

Sunday, 4:30am 9/10/06
Drive to Venice beach. Chickie asks me, "So, do you know where to go?" I reply, "Dude, that's what I asked you to look up when I was loading the car!!" We found where to park. $10 f-ing dollars! Oh well. Walk to the T1 (swim to bike transition) area, walk around aimlessly looking for the wave 8 rack. Finally find it, fix my gear and meet the chickie outside. As I'm walking out, I look at the wave 6 rack and it's just a bunch of dudes my age. WTF, how in the world did I think I was in wave 8? I'm in wave 6!!!! Doh! Oh well, I'm not gonna move my stuff.

Walk to the water, which is 70 degrees, and hang out. Watch the pro men and women take off. Geez they're fast. Took the men about 5 minutes to reach the .25mile marker. As I'm watching, I see that there are some huge close out waves and think, dang that would not be fun on a surfboard. Then it hits me, go warm up and while you're at it, figure out how to get past the break. So, I wetsuit up and just duck dive the waves, swim around and get warmed up. I try to body surf in and I guess that's would you would call it. Walk to shore and look at the starting line and think, "Hey, are those white caps? OH SHIT!!!" 3-2-1 Go!!! My wave started without me!!! So I book it up the beach and around to the starting line and run down to the water. I ran so hard, that I was out of breath getting to the water. Duck dive 3 or 4 times and I'm in calmer water. Ok, time to swim. I'm so tired!!! I can't breath and it affects my swim. Finally after 500 meters, I'm calm enough to swim faster. Pass some white caps and then I pass some pink caps; must have been the previous wave. Woo hoo!! I'm passing people on the swim. I've never done that before. Then again, this is my second tri and the first was a sprint distance. Finished around my pace, heel clicked for the supporters and I'm into T1. 40 min swim.

The bike was great. Once again, I passed people that were in front of me. Click, click, click! WTF is that sound.. oh just my fork censor for my computer hitting the magent. Do I stop and fix it or fix it while I'm riding and risk a finger? Forget stopping! I fix it really quickly and I still have 4 fingers on my right hand! We rode through so much of LA. I think I've seen more of LA on my bike than in my car. The last downhill was just gnarly. I'm not sure what street, but I think it was Grand near Temple. Dang that was crazy! Finish the bike leg at my pace, 24.5 miles, in 1 hour 25 minutes.

WTF!! We have to run up that gnarly hill we just went down??!?! This is gonna be a long run. I pretty much suck on the run portion. I get humbled by the people I passed earlier. So many f-ing hills! I think almost half was hill. I started walking up a hill around mile 3. Funny that I was walking faster than I was running because I was making up ground on the person in front of me that was walking. After a minute of walking, I think, "Dude, you didn't sacrafice and train for nothing, finish it running, MOTHERF-ER!" Start up again, got some encouragement from other racers and fans. Finished the race in 3 hours 49 minutes. WTF!!! My run was almost 1hr 45 minutes!!! WTF!! So I'm sad but convince myself that it was really hard and you'll do better next year. Find the chickie, get a big hug and kisses. She shows me her phone, she has been getting text messages from Accenture. An athlete tracking service. Oh, it was free!!! I signed up for it at the expo. I finished the race in 3 hours 24 minutes!!! HELL YEAH!!! 6 minutes under my goal time!!! And to top that, we got free massages!! Thank you Carli!!

A few notes from this weekend:
Anyone have the recipe for Aunt Kizzy's cornbread?
Triathlon rules: No IPODs on the bike... um yeah, saw at least 3 people
Thank you to LA traffic for waiting for my slow ass to cross the street.
No going out the day before, just to prevent the eating of crappy food
Wear my "How about a threesome? (pics of swim, bike and run)" shirt more often.
Practice my transitions. 4 and 3 minute transitions? Too long.
Read the course description next time
Call in sick the next day.

Next up is the Boot Camp Challenge 10/7 and half marathon 10/15.

Time to surf and run!

LATER!

RECAP

2006-08-28T09:03:00.000-07:00

Friday, surfed Sunrise after work. Being out of the water for almost 2 months can really throw off your rhythm off. After 45 minutes of adjusting, tweaking and letting waves go by, the buttons finally clicked and I caught two waves with feet in "go fast" position and made it down the line. Too bad the lulls got longer and the got smaller. Oh well. At least I'll be ready for tomorrow.

I noticed something yesterday.... Sunrise looks a lot like Countyline... Seriously, look at the point from in front of the Lifeguard Tower.

Went to a Star Wars themed costume bday party. Some people went all out and the chickie and I showed up as ourselves.. WITH SOME GUINNESS!!! MMMMMMM!!

Saturday, surfed County and didn't do to well. I think it was the tide. Waves would jack up then die down. Frustrating. I managed to catch a few and had a good time. One wave to mention was my last. I caught it sort of on the inside and popped up and had to beat the section. Task one, done. Dropper inner pulled out. Task two, done. Pump one more time to hit the lip and go home happy. Task three, failed. My back foot slipped off when I pumped, did the splits and my calf cramped. Wiped out pretty good. Still a great way to end the sesh. At least I didn't have to make the paddle of shame back in. A few notes: by hit the lip, I mean go up and throw the biggest bucket.. ah who am I kidding. I can make bigger spray with my hand. And I really need to rewax my board!

After that, went home, ordered some ribs (super good!!!), took a nap and headed down to SD to watch a Charger game with the chickie. Left at 3pm and sat down in my seat at 8:10pm. Damn I hate traffic. ARGH! At least the game is gonna make it better right? Damn you Rivers for fumbling and losing possession in the first two plays, which both resulted in TDs and forcing the person next to me, who happened to be a Seahawk fan, rubbed it in. Good thing he got it together and the Chargers came back and won. I would like to personally thank the people that sat in the front row for holding down the net. On the first PAT, the ball came flying at us. I would have caught it, but I had my camera in my hand. DAMMIT!!! Oh well, great game and definitely good times and damn motherf-ing good carne asada fries. If you're in SD, it's off Jackson near grossmont.

Sunday was chickie day. We did what she wanted to do.

Overall, a great weekend and I don't think I could have surf Sunday morning. Too beat.

Have a great week everyone. And feel free to call in sick on Friday. Give yourself a 4 day weekend before traffic starts to double up again.

Woo Hoo!!!

2006-08-25T15:47:00.000-07:00

Surf today after work.

Surf in the morning tomorrow.

Charger game in the evening.

Surf in the morning Sunday.

Football the rest of the day.

Oh yeah, and carne asada fries... mmmmm

I wanna be an Ostirch Rancher!!!

2006-08-16T07:44:00.000-07:00

Blackballed!

2006-08-09T08:27:00.000-07:00

That's all I gotta say. DAMMIT!

Doh!

2006-07-31T15:52:00.000-07:00

Went white water rafting with the chickie all day Saturday. Sooo much fun! If you've never, then you have to. Just one of those things that'll get your blood flowin. We did the Combo. Worth it!

Sunday, wake up early and still tired. I don't care! It's been a while since I've surfed. Pack up the surf truck and make it there by 8:30. WHAT!! Secos is going off!!! If that's true, then County will be just as good. Do 61mph, get there, check it and ahh yeah!! 3 wave sets, all about chest-shoulder. Suit up (wishin I took the full suit), hide the key, unsock the fish... errrr.. WTF!! I FORGOT MY LEASH!!!! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!

Ask the guys behind me, "Do you have an extra leash?" Hey, it was worth a try.
Pause--"No, sorry. You'll want a leash for today."
"NO SHIT! WHY DO YOU THINK I'M ASKING!!!" I said that in my head, by the way. I figure, who the hell carries and extra leash? So, I change, sit and think. Ok, too early for the shops. I can surf leashless but do I really wanna put the pescado in the rocks? Nah. I can go home, go to church, come back and surf, then make it in time to watch Sound of Music with the chickie. Don't laugh.. you know you know the words!! Ended up just crashing after church... for 3 hours!!! Blessing in disguise? Probably.

Surf this Saturday for sure. No matter what! I don't care!! X Games Freestyle Moto X Sunday!!!! HELL YEAH!!! **making motorcycle noises*

???

2006-07-25T09:16:00.000-07:00

While driving this weekend with the chickie, she points out the signs on the freeway that say, "Flex your power, conserve energy." Isn't being a little hypocritical? Conserve enegery? Then turn off the damn sign.

Didn't get to surf this past weekend but believe me, I almost did. But noooo!!! I wanna finish my triathlon under 3 hours and in order to do that, I need to train. So, instead of packing the surf truck, I packed my water bottles with ice, water and HEED. 6 miles out, I notice that I'm bouncing a lot. I pull over and just think that it needs a little air. Fill it up, well as much as I can, then back on the road. 4 miles after, I go over a railroad crossing and hear a sound no cyclist wants to hear, rim on rail. Dammit! I cross the street to change my tire and I'm using a big rig's shade. 2 minutes later, he leaves. Next option for shade, the porto pottie. It was a great idea for 2 minutes then the wind shifted. Gross!!! Tire fixed and back home. Should have just surfed. I heard it was fun. DAMMIT!

River rafting this weekend.. hopefully there's still some water... Maybe the Bu or Sunset on Friday.. if there's any swell..

Mint chocolate Clif bars are motherf-ing great! $11.97 for 12 at Performance.

Do you Doo Dah?

2006-07-17T07:47:00.000-07:00

That was THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD IN A WHILE! Great people, great vibe and great waves. I finally met Surfsister and saw CYT. Surfsister's costume was rad! She surfed in full cycling gear.. even had the helmet and sunglasses! CYT was a nun (didn't get to meet her cause she was flying down the line when I was paddling back out) and I thought that her costume was pretty funny. Scarecrow dressed up as a hula girl. Her coconut shells had a bunch of wax on them after and if I had a dollar for every guy that said, "Next time no rashguard!" I'd only have $2. My costume, a Miller Lite can, didn't make it out of the water. The whole right side ripped after my first wave. I tried to save it by turning it into a cap but that just made paddling a lot harder. I did manage 2 really good waves; I just wish those guys that dropped in on me stayed on the wave. I've never been on a set wave with more one other person. Oh well. What a fun spot. I think I'll visit again.

Some notable costumes for that day:

A Viking- took out his or her sword on the wave
Tribal guy
Superman- (Tribal guy started humming what he thought was the Superman theme, but really was the theme to Indiana Jones. That was classic!)
Supergirl- Posed like she was flying when she was on the wave
Dude with a blowup doll
An Alligator or was it a Crocodile?- I didn't see him in the water.. we got there kinda late
A hottie Stewardess
A old dude in a Speedo with booties.. don't know if that was a costume
and a hottie in a blue rashguard and a skyblue board

Don't forget to vote for best costume:

We left after the raffle.. damn you Milton(winner's name.. I think)!!! Once I got home, I filled up the water bottles and trained. First set, 30 mile bike and 2 mile run in 96 degree weather. Next set, 30 mile bike and 2 mile run in 101 heat. Last set, 30 mile ride in 102 oven. Didn't run the last 2 miles cause I was kinda tired... Dinner was great that day because not only was I super hungry, but I think I found the new sushi spot. SWEEET!!!

Last night, I went to Bollywood with the chickie for her friends' Bdays. Damn the stacked parking!!! We didn't get out of the lot until 11. Funny note, some guy was next to use leaving the parking lot. Was only looking left and stopped short of the street. I yelled at him to stop then he gave me a dirty look. Umm yeah.. you almost ran over those pedestrians.. jackass.. Concert was ok. I wish I understood what they were saying. And from my observation, I think a lot of tribal dances have similiar movements.

More training and hopefully some surf this weekend. Don't forget the sunblock... I just tried the sample packets I got from Himaya. I think I've found a new blocker.

Go get it!!!

GO! GO! GO!

2006-07-14T09:16:00.000-07:00

Scarecrow and I are gonna do the DooDahSurf thing. See you there!

This or that

2006-07-07T07:48:00.000-07:00

The Livestrong ride was motherf-ing rad! Too bad I got lost though.. I ended up doing 115 miles instead of 100... oh well.. guess I can say I know OC a lot better? Thank you to everyone who donated to the cause. I'm signing up for next year and making sure I don't leave the directions in the car :)...

Next Saturday, the 15th, is the Doo Dah Surf: but so is the 12th ANNUAL SURFER JOE'S SUMMER LONG BOARD CLASSIC: . I wonder how that's gonna work... hmmm... maybe next year?

Kinda Late

2006-06-22T11:53:00.000-07:00

So I did the Mud Run, 6 miles of good clean dirty fun, at Camp Pendleton on the 10th. Super fun! I walked it with the gf and finished under 2 hours. A few highlights: mud, wade across a chest high river, steep hills, mud, 5ft walls and more mud. I knew it was gonna be fun when i registered, but realized it was gonna go beyond my expectations when they used a fire hose and water trucks to spray everyone with water 2 minutes into the course. If you get a chance, I highly recommend it. I'm gonna do it next year for sure.

I've had a 2 days of surf in the last few weeks. Damn the training. Nothing to really note, but next time I surf Malibu I'm dropping in on the next longboarder that takes off on a good wave that isn't in front of the tower. Missed two good ones cause I was following the rules. Oh well! Malibu on Friday afternoon anyone?

This Sunday is the Century Ride for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. I hope I don't get lost. LATER!!!

Afternoon Sesh

2006-05-26T08:41:00.000-07:00

Sunday, I passed out... while PEEING!!! And now, I look back and think it was funny because I just woke up and washed my hands like it never even happend. Then I asked myself, why the hell does my head hurt? Then I remembered a loud crash and realized I hit my head on the toilet... Good thing I didn't land in the water.. EWWWW!!! Anyways, saw the Doc, no not Jeff, had an EKG done and everything checked out fine. I guess you can say I'm a chubby guy with great blood circulation. Still have to wait for my blood work results, but I feel fine. The nurse that took my blood said I bleed well. Um, thanks? You poke people with needles well? I posted mentioned this on a triathlon forum and got this:

This is probably Micturation Syncope, a vasovagal reaction = a simple faint. It can also occur with pain, abdominal distention, fear, etc. It's not related to blood flow back into the bladder but rather stimulation of the vagus nerve with resultant slowing of the heartrate, drop in blood pressure and faint.

It's been 6 days since I've worked out. I hate sitting around. Warcraft anyone?

So I get to leave work early today to see Doc. They had an appointment available for 10, but who wants to come to work in the afternoon? After that, I hope to score some waves.. Wind, wind go away.. come on everyone.. all together now!!!

Have a great weekend everyone! 94 miles tomorrow!!! And if anyone is interested:

edit*** Question? Would you really order $50 of Headhunter sunblock to get free shipping? Kind of a dumb promotion when the bottles are $11 each? Oh well... something to think about Headhunter guys...

5.5 hours!

2006-05-15T13:27:00.000-07:00

That's how long it took to ride 82 miles Sunday. Woo Hoo!! Maybe I'll ride PCH this weekend. Don't worry, my brothers and I took my mom out last weekend because one of them couldn't make it yesterday.

Hope the surf was good for you. Saturday looked like no bueno from the cams so I decided to catch up with my friend sleep.

And if you're into supplements, try FRS. They have a free sample promo, $6 for shipping only, going on. I swear this stuff works. I'll refund your money, less shipping, if you don't like it.

GF comes back tonite! Ahh yeah!!!!

Get your boards out!!!

2006-05-04T07:44:00.000-07:00

IT'S TIME TO SURF!!!! HAVE FUN AND BE CAREFUL!!!

Sorry for the annoying sound.. it goes away.. eventually

The Force

2006-05-03T07:40:00.000-07:00

So I paddled out this past weekend after a couple of weeks of being land locked and had a great time in crappy waves. Morning started off looking for another spot to surf, but ended up at my favorite spot, County Line. Waves were stomach high at best and "set waves" were few and far between. Anyway, the wave I want to talk is pretty cool. I paddled for this nipple higher and took off a little late. When I stood up, I instantly set my rail and tried to go down the face but was hit in the face by the lip. Instantly bummed but then the fish started taking over. I kept going up and down the wave hitting the lip (no spray :( ). Did this about 2.5 times and the wave ended. Ahh that was nice.

Forecast looks great for the weekend. Have fun!!! Still looking for another spot.

On a side note, did 45 miles this weekend. Woo hoo!!! Planning on doing 55 or 60 Sunday.

CHEERS!!!

2006-04-04T09:29:00.000-07:00

So I haven't surfed in a very long time. Damn the rain! And I was on vacation for about 9 days. Hopefully the rain lets up today and it stays dry the rest of the week cause I wanna surf this weekend.

Recaps:

Half-Triathlon 3/11: Dude it was soo cold and it actually snowed during the swim portion. People were swimming back because it was cold. I don't blame them, the cold really messed up my breathing pattern. I do have to mention the 2 athletes that swam without a wettie. One chick that did the full mile and a guy in my wave. Took me about 33 minutes to swim a half mile. In the pool, I can do it in about 15 minutes and was shooting for at least sub 20min. Damn the cold! Bike portion was cancelled by the time I got to the transition. Someone had tobe trucked back cause he couldn't shift gears. Damn the cold again!! As for the run, I finished at in 30 minutes; my average training time. So I think if it wasn't so cold, I could have finished in around 2 hours. Oh well, great experience! Can't wait for the LA Triathlon. I'm going the distance in that one.

Ireland: Super fun and again, DAMN THE COLD! And yes, ladies and gentlemen, the Guinness does taste better there. Everyone is your friend no matter what color (the 3 Filipino boys were the black sheeps). What a great time. If you get a chance, visit.

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Thanks for the support!!!

I just realized

2006-02-27T13:25:00.000-08:00

Dude I'm not gonna surf until April!!!! This weekend has rain forcasted (no poo water surfing!), next week is half triathlon and then I'll be out of the country... I think I need to be "sick" one of these days. Get some for me!!! Hee hee... get some..

Later!