What the Fork?

It's about to be broughten.

Reggae/Dance Hall

I taught myself how to reggae two step. I'm either going to sign up for reggae dance classes or just start going to reggae nights.

Cake - The Distance

Sickest bass line, ever. Must learn.

Another Batch...

of my lime melt-aways ;)

Dinner for Schmucks

We had dinner with Sarah and Josh last night at their place and I had a really great time. Sarah and Josh made this amazing roasted chicken from their Top Chef recipe book, and I whipped up a quick salad with dried cranberries, walnuts, feta cheese and raspberry vinaigrette. The more and more we get to know each other, the more we find out we have in common. Sarah and I are like twins, except she's Jewish. I smell a new friendship blooming :)

Their two dogs are named Peanut and Grizzly, and they're both Pomeranians. They're definitely yappers, but they're really nice. I was able to pick them up and that's the first time I haven't shitted bricks around a Pomeranian (they're usually really aggressive and unfriendly). Sarah's always giving me treats and presents for my dogs and she gives me the best tips. The most useful one yet was the peanut butter in the Kong ball trick -- I use that to sneak out the door so the new one doesn't whine and get all emo because he's attached to me. I gotta think of something impressive to make for our next dinner.

Beautiful Sunset

taken on Wednesday at SJ Muni when we were there with Mel and Joel

Sonnymoon - Nursery Boys

In celebration of a personal message from Sonnymoon stating they have big things planned for SF:

Groove Armada - History (Love Mix)

I am very much into this song right now. I don't even like Groove Armada but this sounds nothing like any of their past ensembles.

SJ Muni

Last night we met up with Jeff at SJ Muni to hit up the driving range. It was my first time in over six years, and only my second time ever. I had to admit, I did a lot better than I anticipated. The last time I went, all I could do was chip the ball or slice it at some crazy angle. I was able to hit it past the first flag a couple of times (I believe it was 126 yards). EJ did really well too! He definitely has the distance and the power, he just needs to work on his form and control. Jeff of course hits like a pro.

whoa! far out, dude.

pro status (he got mad at me for snapping a pic)

*shrugs*

G'd Out Cruiser

I know we are always trying to tackle new projects, but this one is finally coming to fruition. We're planning on completely stripping the old bright blue Schwinn cruiser to rebuild it as a gangsta hood rich one. I don't want to spoil the surprise, and who knows how many more times we're going to change our minds about the design, so let's just look at our current progress:

some kind of macho

also necessary: steel wool + safety goggles + back up gloves

he made me do the dangerous work

The epoxy/paint remover ate away at the gloves and also splashed on to my skin multiple times. It is highly suggested that you have water nearby because it BURNS LIKE A MOTHER #*&$*&$. I just realized that we don't have any "after" photos. After letting the remover soak into the paint for a few minutes we used the steel wool to scrub it all off -- presumably to reveal a lustrous shiny steel frame. But we were wrong -- we need to apply another layer because there were, like, 5 layers of paint on that sucker.. Until next time.

Montara State Beach

On Monday my geology class had our field lab at Montara State Beach (between Half Moon Bay and Pacifca). It is the most gorgeous hidden beach I have ever been to in Northern California. It is situated in a natural cove with lots of beautiful rock structures and clean, coarse sand. The water is uncharacteristically clear and blue for the California Pacific -- simply amazing.

 view of the northern end of the beach

 view of the southern end

 the most adorable little seashell ever

 a preserved channel -- too bad i have nothing to scale this to. you can see the layer of deposited sedimentary rock that once upon a time rested at the bottom of the channel

the biggest crab I've ever seen out of water. poor little fella was dying. oh well.

you can kind of grasp how clear the water is

oxidized iron within the sandstone