Complete weekend and full monday

I basically powered thru this Monday as well as the weekend. Here's a list of highlights since my last check-in:
-Hot Fuzz is hilarious, worth the theatre price easily
-I learned how to cycle @ Banya 5 and only hyperventilated on the freezing plunge once
-Even though I had only had it recommended to me once (by a jerk) it turns out Boondock Saints is a good movie, enjoyable and strangely rather funny
-Junto 4 life
-We won yesterday 4-2 and the soccer team is gelling a bit more, I had a key header to clear a threatening cross in the box...but had a hand in the two goals against us (one of which was a horrendous no-call of offsides!!!!!!)
-Gonna finally break down and shell out the $20 for a mini DVI to VGA cable in order to dual-monitor it up.
-Red Mill still has the best burgers
-STILL love the list
-Homemade pizza with Sarah last night was awesome
-The Warriors are doing awesome, I am all about this team... until the second round, haha.
-I didn't see the Chicago sweep coming, but I did have them going on, looks like I'm staying solid with my picks, except for that unlikely Golden State team...
-Guys at work are whining about the PCs, finally everyone is realizing how great Macs are!
-I made it thru 1 extra overtime hour, put that in your bank and spend it!!
Peace.

Coastin'

Well I am 7.5 hours away from finishing the work week and I am pumped for the weekend. It's gonna be a full one with pizza+movie with friends and family, a junto overnight event and even a Sunday mornin soccer game. On Wednesday Sarah took me out for birthday dinner at Il Bistro in pike place market. I had the fish of the day (Halibut) and they gave us the works: champagne, rose petals on the table, and great service. A fine dining experience (should have worn something better) that is great for a date. Yesterday I got a much-needed haircut at Rudy's on Phinney and I am so pleased with the results and the short wait list and the price that I think I'm gonna stick to that one. The U-district Rudy's just doesn't do it for me anymore(crappy parking, long wait list, and a staff that doesn't care). Also I had a Red Mill burger for the first time and I have NO IDEA why I never tried them before! It was soooo good and well flavored that I literally did a chew-double-take, that is gonna be my new burger place (as I resolve to eat less meat). I caught up with the junto at Red Mill for a sec and I'm really looking forward to the event this weekend. I think we're going to a spa, eating @ 13 coins, and goofing off all night at Josh's place. My birthday celebration today should be fun, pizza and watching Hot Fuzz at the Neptune. I really like that theatre and from the looks of it, the movie is really quite good. Not sure if anyone noticed but I fixed up the youtube section using html so that it shows a single clip rather than the array of junk. I've lost track of Poder a little bit throughout the week, but I think I'll be at 250g soon and my goal for the weekend is to get to about level 47.5. The more I play WoW the more I realize ANYONE can get to 70, it's just a matter of time and effort. If you follow some of the online guides they literally will show you every step to take (or ignore) until you are 70. But most of the fun is getting there your own way and kickin it with friends online anyway, so that comes naturally. Well time to try to nail down exactly what I need to do before my boss splits for his half-day. Peace

Enter year 24

That's right folks, today I turn 24 years old. Pretty nice to get that separation from the teen crowd but still seem like I'm young and full of hope. Yesterdays playoff games went according to plan, and it seems like my predictions are on par for the most part, although the Lakers-Suns series won't be what it was last year (feels like a near-sweep this time around). Last night I got a birthday prezzy from Sarah, a much needed work bag (so I can bring my Ritz crackers to work in style) and a memory foam mouse pad (probably gonna keep it at home since some co-workers are extra shifty). Only new WoW news is that Poder reached 200 gold and I think he's slowly on the way to an epic elekk. OH, big news yesterday as the Sonics finally unloaded Bob Hill and demoted Rick Sund. It needed to happen about 6 months ago, but if nothing else these guys' awful decisions and questionable tactics got us to the #5 pick in the lottery, so they at least accomplished something. I'm hoping Hill gets replaced with a coach that can embrace rather than criticize his players (see: playing time for Luke Ridnour) and won't sacrifice players for the success of himself (see: 40 min of PT for Allen's bum ankle). I'm looking at Adleman or Carlisle to step into this role once we address some of these leadership issues. Lenny Wilkens is a great guy, but on the decline since his coaching glory days and out of touch with the current generation of players in the L. Yesterday's lunch was at Chang's Mongolian grill since one of my coworkers has worked a total of 10 years here, it was great food and a fun time, it's nice to see when co-workers have more personality than they display in the 5 words/8 hrs I usually interact with them. I think I'm going to revamp the youtube video of the week section to only include a single video (even though this will cause it to open a youtube window and leave the blog, but I'm confident most users have mastered the tricky "back" button found in the upper left of their browser). The soccer team remains in last place in the league, but its only a matter of time, we have practice today against a polish team, but I can't make it. Hope they do well and we can come together better during the games. I am looking forward to the weekend, lots of things planned, all of them fun. But it being Wednesday I better try to relax that enthusiasm. That's all for now, maybe I'll celebrate my Birthday by double blogging on the same day!!! ....maybe..............

Goin Public

Today the blog went officially live as I emailed people (some of which I actually know!) about it. I also realized that I can't write as much as I did yesterday without risking the blog looking sloppy and long-winded, so my bad. Lets quicken it up huh?
-Soccer team lost 4-1
-Had a fun time at my graduation celebration
-Poder reached lvl 45 thanks to some burly grinding (I own you jade ooze's!)
-Playoffs are panning out even better than I hoped: Go Nets, Nugs, Warriors, and of course Suns.
-Started reading The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand), stay updated I should finish it by 2013!
-Suuuweeeet weather = case of the mondays
-Wedding invitations are coming along nicely and Sarah continues to impress me with her artistic abilities ("opposites attract 'n you know!" -the cool cat that struts around w/ Paula Abdul)
-After years of engineering classes, I love love LOVE writing text in list form!
-A buddy of mine got engaged Sunday, YEHA!
-Think I got my first design released, big step in the Boeing world.
-Counting down the hours (34ish) till my birthday.
So that's the quick no fuss no muss summary of whats goin on. With all the great weather I am gettin ready for a trip to "The Dep" (Home Depot) sometime this next week for hooks to mount up my El Sal hammock. Stay tuned because if the rest of the week is as boring and dull as today I may be updating on an hourly basis. Later

The 2nd coming

Well day 1 worked out soo well I couldn't help coming back for more. I have been looking at all the sweet stuff that Sarah and I (see mom, I can speak good Engrish) can do in NY for our honeymoon. It should be pretty sweet since tickets for the Daily Show and Conan are a call away. Also there are tons of shows that sound pretty good, so whittling them down to those select 2-3 will be tough. The accommodations will rock and so will all the street corner (and maybe even a non-street corner) eats. In other news I joined a soccer team last week, played in a game on Sunday and have another one coming up this weekend. The guys are pretty skilled and friendly so this should be a good fit. We're in the GSSL open division and there's plenty of room for improvement. I'm confident we'll come together over the season. Also I've kept up my rebounding to about 30 mins a day which should help my fatigue issues. The work week blew by and I'm getting into the groove of doing work when I have it and occupying my time when there's nothing to do. My lunches are also getting better (left over fish and chips, banana, juice box, savory muffin, and homemade trail mix today), which is encouraging. I have avoided my standard groundbeef-a-thon lifestyle which is a good thing. I've had a lot of fish and chicken and turkey recently so I'm not exactly on my way to being vegan. But everything in moderation right? My WoW character (Poder) is well on his way to success he is (as his name implies) quite powerful and interesting enough quite crafty. I reached herbalism 300 and alchemy 298 yesterday which is bit of a milestone I think. Tomorrow I'm getting a graduation celebration thrown for me at Sarah's parents house, so that should be a good time with good food and stuff. I never really made a huge deal of my graduation but it is an accomplishment (even better than my herbalism and alchemy skills!) and its worth having a bit of a party for. Speaking of parties my birthday is coming up and this year it really did sneak up on me. I feel like being 24 is about right for me. I no longer wanna be lumped in with college kids, but I'm not exactly on my way to being 30 so its a pretty comfortable age for me. As usual, the Sonics are on vacation during my birthday, whereas 16 other (more successful) teams are playing on the nationally televised game. I am really hoping that the team can find a way to stay in the NW for selfish reasons, but will understand if they leave because on a global, socio-economic and political scale it is the right decision. Damn Howard Schultz and his greedy, near-sighted illusions of fame and fortune. And a special shout-out to Nate Mac for giving us the shaft right when we needed him. But for this fan the chants remain the same: "Stay Sonics, Stay!" I have included my playoff predictions and hope you enjoy seeing how wrong I was as the postseason unfolds. Well, as I near lunchtime TGIF... which always reminds me of 'Step by Step', 'Family Matters', and 'Perfect Strangers'.

Welcome to the Interwebernet!

Hi all I thought I'd try my hand at this whole interwebernet business, its like having a telephone conversation with the world thru a series of interconnected pipes. Very Jetsons!!! So yeah, this is my first posting at my first blog. Most of you reading this should know me, so no use explaining who I am. I just thought there has GOT to be something a little more sophisticated than myspace to be connected to the outside world with. I hope to expand this blog to include various sections that I will semi-regularly update such as: home life/wedding preparations, work life (the lazy B), Sonics beat (as long as they are in town), soccer team analysis, WoW commentary and much much more. So stay tuned and be sure to comment if you've got something to say.