Bad Karma

So I haven't quite figured out what I did to have such bad karma lately but whatever it was it wasn't pretty and I am paying for it now.

Two nights ago one of my best friends tried to commit suicide. I rushed down to the bay to be with her. I got back yesterday.

Today I get a call from my dad saying that my grandmother is on life support and they will be taking her off of it tomorrow morning. So I find myself for the second time in 3 days frantically trying to get my affairs in order so that I can rush yet again back to the beautiful northbay. Awesome!

Hope your day is going better than mine.

Just one of those days...unfortunately this is turning out to be VERY true

Inspiration

If ever asked about what inspires me the answer would be simple.
My father because he has harnessed pure passion and is one of the few individuals i know who is truly at peace with themselves. These are the two things I aspire to find every day.

What inspires you?

Happy Birthday Bob!

September 3 was my dads birthday. I was lucky enough to be able to spend it with him. So this one goes out to the best guy I know. Happy Birthday Dad!

This summer I also got to watch the Giants kick ass with my dad.

Getting back to my roots

On another trip to Santa Rosa I was by chance able to meet up with one of my long time best friends Danelle. She happened to have stopped to visit her grandparents on the way back from her summer vacation in Florida and the northern California Coast. Every time we get together a certain unexplainable energy seems to start flying around us. Its a combination of extreme excitement and extreme comfort. I can not help but smile or laugh every time I look at the girl. We spent a wonderful afternoon at the Bodega Bay Seafood Art and Wine Festival, eating amazingly fresh seafood (something you don't find in the mtns very often), sampling local wines and listening to Tommy Castro while wandering through all of the art exhibits. I couldn't think of anyone I would have rather gone with. Before heading back into town we ran around on our favorite beach and dipped our feet in that oh so refreshing north coast water. It will really wake you up. I stood there for a long time remembering how many memories we had made at that foggy, cliffy, sandy old stretch of beach. For me pure nostalgia.

While in town, Cale and I also spent a day in San Francisco roaming around the city during the day and then met up with my brother and his friend in the evening and went to the first day of the Outsidlands Music Festival where we saw Manu Chao and Radiohead. A fantastic day. I have never seen a picture of myself this excited to be dancing....if that is even what I was trying to do.

Missing Miss Micaela

A couple of weeks ago Cale and I went to Santa Rosa where we met up with an old friend of ours who no longer lives in Tahoe. Micaela and her boyfriend Jeff were on a road trip down the California coast from Oregon. We had a great time catching up over some wine tasting and delicious dinner! I can not wait to go visit these two this winter in Mt. Hood. Micaela is truly a great friend and seeing her that weekend made me realize how few and far between really good friends are, I wish I got to see you everyday Mica lica.

My life from the perspective of one of my alter egos

Just one of those people who has been sucked into the Tahoe trap and can't leave...and wouldn't have it any other way. Every morning I wake up with the Forest in my backyard and the Lake in my front. I try to work as little as possible and play as much as I can. The people who inspire me are those individuals who are stoked every morning for the adventures of a brand new day, who care more about their friends and family than their jobs, who see the beauty and opportunity of 5 feet of powder, who appreciate the emergency room, who live on the edge and have found peace of mind. My advice to you....Try something new today.