Surf Log

I'm going to start charting my progress with surfing. On Saturday Scott and I went to Santa Monica. Before we got in the water I got a leash from ZJ Boarding House, its a 9 foot. September kept her leash so I had to go get one. Some guy named James sold it to me, I forgot to mention his name at checkout though, which was probably a bad thing since they probaly work on comission over there. The was also a hot blonde chick who was buying rack pads infront of me. Acutally I couldn't tell if she was hot cause she didn't turn around, she could have been like 41 and not hot. Eveyone in Santa Monica is fit, so everyone looks hot from the back. Judging from the look on the guy who opened up a register for her, she must have had something going.
Anyway the conditions were choppy but the waves weren't big so it was doable. It was also a little overcast. I think because of the chop it was a little hard keeping straight because once you got going on a wave, it would be bumpy and a lot of times I ended up coming in sideways. I did catch the first wave and got going pretty good. Got a couple more later that day, I'd have to say that Saturday was the day it clicked for me.
The new board did well. It could a little bit more wax so it would be easier to stary on and grap hold of to snap up. I'll have to see how I can wax a softboard.
I also discovered a nick on my suit, put three layers of neoprene cement on it, hopefully it will hold. Maybe I should get this bottle of cement off my desk or people might think I'm some kind of glue sniffing degenerate.

Surfboard

Check out this new-to-me softboard I bought from this woman named September Death. I'm not kidding, thats her name, here's her imdb page: September. Funny she asked me what I've been riding and I said something in dismissial, "oh some board my friend got from the internet." And what was I doing in Los Feliz exactly? Oh thats right following a lead about a surfboard from craigslist.org. So who besides Scott wants to go surfing this weekend? Friday? Saturday? Sunday? AIM.

Wating Time

Reading "How Lightsabers Work" from howstuffworks.com. Why does the assailant have a Mexican towel? Is that standard rape accesory?

>On 2005-05-24,17:28:21 Blaise wrote:

>>Oops that should be wasting time. Also, note the shadow that the ligh saber casts.

For you Life Science Nerds

Adjustable Pipette

Mammoth Again

Went to Mammoth again this weekend. Conditions were great. It was raining snowboarders and skiers. Here are the rest of th weekend's pictures:

Mammoth Pics

>On 2005-05-18,15:10:57 roycifer wrote:

>>thanks for the killer pix! heres a bunch from the weekend (theres a few of your crew in there): http://www.roycifer.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=15


>On 2005-05-19,10:06:59 Blaise wrote:

>>Thanks, there's a great one of you in there.


>On 2005-05-19,12:43:43 sean wrote:

>>nice pics! what camera are you using? i especially like the ones of me on my ass! hotness!


>On 2005-05-19,12:50:30 sean wrote:

>>i just click on your gallery and noticed the link to "Atami" so i clicked it. i stayed at the same hotel on a family trip 3 years ago! we have the same pics of us wearing the hotel kimonos also. you left out the pics of the public bath though! i wonder if we went on the same tour. haha.


>On 2005-05-23,00:39:00 Blaise wrote:

>>I just got it recently, its a digital rebel XT. The burst mode worked really well for these action shots. Haha that hotel was pretty freaky, it had the feel of the hotel in the Shinning. Especially with the old photos from the 50s hanging on the walls. That was probably one of the most surreal nights I spent anywhere. I think my parents booked that trip through a travel agent in Arcadia, so thats probably why we ended up in the same place. Haha, well if I had this camera then I'd probably have some pics of the public baths, my room just happened to be right across from it. When I got in the room I looked out the window to check the view, which was a naked asian man jumping out of the bath.


>On 2005-05-23,00:46:14 Blaise wrote:

>>Here's that hotel, man that place was weird. New Akao

Nice View Up Here

May Snowboarding

This is how much snow there was at the top yesterday. To see how much snow there was in November, click here:

November Snow

For the rest of this weekend's pictures click here:

Weekend Fun

Well as the pictures show, I was at Mammoth this weekend. Sheila invited me to go with her coworkers from ASP in Irvine. We all had lots of fun, although I'm incredibly sore today. It must have been that cornice off chair 23. Thanks to Bryan for the use of his condo.