Summer oh ten

Finally got my first pool sesh of the summer under the ol' belt. Actually, I was pretty lazy on the whole swimming front but, I did get wet and get my bronze on in the warm sunshine of La Mesa.

A pretty relaxing weekend, other than getting a little too shatty on sake bombs Saturday but you know what they say- "When at Tokyo, drink like the State kids...and drive home after."

Short lived

It's only day two of the NCAA tournament and all of my excitement is gone. Oh well, it was a fun couple of hours.

Wild Bill's Buffalo Wing and Wonder Emporium tonight?
Looks like it..hope they have buffalo tofu chunks or something.

Meh

Christmas has come and gone once again. Mine was ok, nothing too great.

Bring on 2010.

Christmas time

So I managed to beat my record of lasting 45 minutes at Kate's Annual Christmas party. Although every shot of 151 brought me right back to last year, and some vomiting ensued. Overall the party was a success and managed to put me in the Christmas spirit.

A few of us gathered at Hooley's to celebrate Justyn's birthday. I had a delicious Alaskan White Ale and even managed to leave with a souvenir glass (a true "keep the glass night").

Holiday Hootenanny

I am now officially in the Christmas spirit, thanks to the Holiday Hootenanny. Overall the show was pretty good and well worth the money. I feel like the venue caused most of the bands to fall short of their typical live performance, but it would be hard to have so many good bands on the same bill in a smaller place. Despite the poor mixing and echo of the large building, everyone except Manchester Orchestra put on a very entertaining show. I don't know if I'll be able to listen to that album again after seeing the band that created it. Spoon was by far the most talented and polished band of the night and deserved headlining status, even if the mindless, crowd surfing, moshing fifteen year olds didn't understand it.

Kate's Christmas party this weekend, should be a let down. Maybe you'll see me there for longer than 30 minutes this year. Bring on the Mistake Bombs (shot of 151 dropped into a glass of Double Bastard).

Home brew

I've been helping Eli and Lucas with their new home brew project and so far so good. We bottled a pale ale last night, English brown ale should be ready to drink this weekend, hefeweizen fermenting, and a red ale on the way. From what I've tasted so far, it's pretty impressive and can only get better.

94/9 Holiday Hootenany this Saturday. CAN'T WAIT!

Fall?

It sill doesn't feel like fall. The weather is still in the 90s three days a week and the Chargers suck so, I'm not even really that into football.

I have a feeling Halloween is going to suck, in comparison to last year anyway. I still have no ideas for the annual Union Bank pumpkin carving contest, any suggestions? As far as baseball goes, I'm pretty much over it. I hate the Yankees and the Phillies so I guess I have to decide who I hate more.

On an unrelated note, the new Between the Buried and Me album is amazing. They're probably one of the only "heavy" bands I still enjoy listening to.