Tuesday nights I play Ice Hockey. It was my second time playing ice hockey.... ever. Now granted I do have experience with roller hockey, Ice Hockey is a lot faster... for everyone else anyway. Tuesday nights is a Hockey Skills practice. Since I'm not quite ready for a league yet.
Anyway, In our main drill, we had 1 player dig a puck out of the corner and taking it behind the net. He then passes it to the high center point who takes a hard shot. And there is a low player essentially screening the goalie and then getting the rebound. I was happy that I was able to score from all 3 positions. The easiest for me was deflecting a shot into the net from the low screen position. Thats where I'm most comfortable (ballmonsters can attest to that in soccer). I scored a nice snap shot from the high point driving in. And I also put back a nice rebound after passing the puck to the shooter. Also scored 2 goals during the scrimmage game.
I know... why am I stroking my own ego on menial accomplishments... because these are big steps for me in my second time out. And its my blog!
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Go-To Guy... No More.
I've learned my lesson about being the smart know it all at work. While it is in my nature to know how to do everything, I resist being the helpful guy that fixes stupid computer problems. There's this other guy here that already kinda plays that role w/ computers, and we have an office manager/receptionist that thus far seems capable and speaks english.
The positive spin... i get fewer interruptions, and can be more productive at what I'm supposed to do. Who would've thought its smart to play dumb.
Monday, August 27, 2007
WARNING - The RayArea Has Moved
The infamous RayArea has moved from the Bay Area to toasty desert oasis known as Phoenix.
This new iteration of RayArea, with the first post in nearly 2 years, will attempt to be slightly more upbeat and look at the positive side of things. Instead of only ranting about the usual injustices that life presents, I'll be making an attempt to put a positive spin on these. There's enough negative energy in the world.
So onto the happenings of life. I started a new job. A 9-mile, 15-20 minute surface street commute. Which is far better than my old 32 mile, 40 minute commute in the Bay. I'm heading up and creating the marketing department. There was not a marketing department previously, and I was hired on to help guide them through their growth stage. Oh, what do they do? Its a commercial appraisal company. But no, I don't do the actual appraisals.
So welcome to the new and hopefully improved RayArea. Enjoy your stay.
This new iteration of RayArea, with the first post in nearly 2 years, will attempt to be slightly more upbeat and look at the positive side of things. Instead of only ranting about the usual injustices that life presents, I'll be making an attempt to put a positive spin on these. There's enough negative energy in the world.
So onto the happenings of life. I started a new job. A 9-mile, 15-20 minute surface street commute. Which is far better than my old 32 mile, 40 minute commute in the Bay. I'm heading up and creating the marketing department. There was not a marketing department previously, and I was hired on to help guide them through their growth stage. Oh, what do they do? Its a commercial appraisal company. But no, I don't do the actual appraisals.
So welcome to the new and hopefully improved RayArea. Enjoy your stay.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
-={Aloha Suckaz}=-
Okay. so here's the recap of my Hawaiian Vacation. I was on the Kona Coast of the Big Island for 5 days with my brother Clark, his wife Jane, my nephew Alex, and my Mom.
We got in on Sunday afternoon. Right on time, thanks to our trusty pilot, Captain Alex
Monday morning, we were at the pool waiting for the resort's activities pitch. Alex loves playing in the pool.
[Clark and Alex chillin' poolside]
We later set forth to the otherside of the island towards the city of Hilo. We stopped first at the Hawaiian Tropical Botanical Garden. There were several beautiful and exotic flowers and plants that i've never seen before.
[Clark's self-proclaimed Award Winning Picture]
Aside from flowers and stuff, there were asome beautiful views of the ocean and waterfalls.
In the afternoon, after lunch we forged onto the Volcano National Park. There was recent volcano activity back in December, and lava is still flowing slowly. Lava flowed into and over the highway, so they shut it down.
It bunched up as it cooled down and became hard rock.
It can be quite dangerous out there in the volcano area. I think they need to move this sign up another 50 yards.
I was especially in awe of the way the lava would flow over the edge o the cliff and cool, creating icicle like formations, except its freakin' rock!
So that was all on Monday. It was exhausting. We took it easy on Tuesday and went to the local Hilton Resort where they had a dolphin show that Alex loved. But more important than that, Alex loved riding the train there. He took about 8 trips on the train from one end of the resort to the other. We all took turns taking him on it.
Wednesday, we rented a boat out of Honokau Harbor and we did some snorkeling.
We had a few drinks
And even tried a little bit of fishing, albeit, unsuccessfully.
On Thursday, we first stopped by to get the 2 hour Timeshare pitch. Wasn't really that high-pressure crap that everyone's afraid of, we only did it to get a discount card and save $200 on the evenings Luau.
So on we went to the Place of Refuge.
Legend has it that many of the laws of old Hawaii were punishable by death. If the person was able to make it to the Place of Refuge, known as "Pu`uhonua o Honaunau" they would be taken in, cleaned up, and they would be spiritually rid of their sin and would be able to leave a free man.
While there, i guess they were protected by the Tiki Man carvings, and they played table games similar to checkers
In the evening, we went to the King Kamehameha's Luau. He came in on his Boat.
We had the Kahlua Pig which was grubbin' along with Poke and foods of all kine.
There was a fun show displaying the different kinds of Polynesian dancing from Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, and Fiji
They even did a little Hawaiian Wedding song and had all the married couples dance. My mom and dad joined in on the festivities.
And it was all topped off with the fire eating twirling man. Which was kinda awesome.
So that was my trip in a nutshell. No Mahoos, no Nani Wahines. it was a beautiful place.
More pictures are available on my Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vapor023/tags/hawaii/
We got in on Sunday afternoon. Right on time, thanks to our trusty pilot, Captain Alex
Monday morning, we were at the pool waiting for the resort's activities pitch. Alex loves playing in the pool.
[Clark and Alex chillin' poolside]
We later set forth to the otherside of the island towards the city of Hilo. We stopped first at the Hawaiian Tropical Botanical Garden. There were several beautiful and exotic flowers and plants that i've never seen before.
[Clark's self-proclaimed Award Winning Picture]
Aside from flowers and stuff, there were asome beautiful views of the ocean and waterfalls.
In the afternoon, after lunch we forged onto the Volcano National Park. There was recent volcano activity back in December, and lava is still flowing slowly. Lava flowed into and over the highway, so they shut it down.
It bunched up as it cooled down and became hard rock.
It can be quite dangerous out there in the volcano area. I think they need to move this sign up another 50 yards.
I was especially in awe of the way the lava would flow over the edge o the cliff and cool, creating icicle like formations, except its freakin' rock!
So that was all on Monday. It was exhausting. We took it easy on Tuesday and went to the local Hilton Resort where they had a dolphin show that Alex loved. But more important than that, Alex loved riding the train there. He took about 8 trips on the train from one end of the resort to the other. We all took turns taking him on it.
Wednesday, we rented a boat out of Honokau Harbor and we did some snorkeling.
We had a few drinks
And even tried a little bit of fishing, albeit, unsuccessfully.
On Thursday, we first stopped by to get the 2 hour Timeshare pitch. Wasn't really that high-pressure crap that everyone's afraid of, we only did it to get a discount card and save $200 on the evenings Luau.
So on we went to the Place of Refuge.
Legend has it that many of the laws of old Hawaii were punishable by death. If the person was able to make it to the Place of Refuge, known as "Pu`uhonua o Honaunau" they would be taken in, cleaned up, and they would be spiritually rid of their sin and would be able to leave a free man.
While there, i guess they were protected by the Tiki Man carvings, and they played table games similar to checkers
In the evening, we went to the King Kamehameha's Luau. He came in on his Boat.
We had the Kahlua Pig which was grubbin' along with Poke and foods of all kine.
There was a fun show displaying the different kinds of Polynesian dancing from Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, and Fiji
They even did a little Hawaiian Wedding song and had all the married couples dance. My mom and dad joined in on the festivities.
And it was all topped off with the fire eating twirling man. Which was kinda awesome.
So that was my trip in a nutshell. No Mahoos, no Nani Wahines. it was a beautiful place.
More pictures are available on my Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vapor023/tags/hawaii/
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Sunday, December 26, 2004
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
-={November Birthdays}=-
Happy Birthday B-Lo - November 4th
Happy Birthday Troll! November 16th
Happy Birthday Kimi! November 24
Happy Birthday SGL! November 25th
-={November Birthdays}=-
Happy Birthday B-Lo - November 4th
Happy Birthday Troll! November 16th
Happy Birthday Kimi! November 24
Happy Birthday SGL! November 25th
Friday, October 08, 2004
September and October Birthdays
Happy Birthday xTnA! 10/6
Happy Birthday Alex! 10/8
Happy Birthday Amara 9/9
Friday, July 16, 2004
Kobe's In - Fish Flops
Thankfully, Kobe resigned with the Lakers. A 7 year $136.4 Million dollar contract. Thats upwards of 19 Million a season. $235,000 per game. Thats crazy cash. So its early, and moves will still be made, but the lineup is looking like this. And it don't look too shabby.
SG Kobe Bryant
PG Gary Payton
C/F Lamar Odom/Brian Grant
PF Karl Malone / Devean George
SF Caron Butler
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Ben Wallace
I was going through my old Xanga posts, and its funny, one of Nate's famous quotes.
"You're not quite Dennis Rodman, king of boards. You're more like Ben Wallace. Great with the boards, but can't score." - Nathan C., February 26, 2003
Story of my life man. Go Pistons. Go Lakers. Woot Woot!
"You're not quite Dennis Rodman, king of boards. You're more like Ben Wallace. Great with the boards, but can't score." - Nathan C., February 26, 2003
Story of my life man. Go Pistons. Go Lakers. Woot Woot!
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Email Blogs to Blogger
A nice feature in the NEW Blogger, is that I can email a blog to my
super secret blogger address and it'll post a blog for me just as I've
writen it. What sucks balls though, is the fact that Google's GMail
doesn't support writing in html, so these blogs will be dry and tect
only. Can't bold, underline, link, italicize. But a handy tool
definitely, especially if you used it for business bulletins and stuff
with a work group. I approve. But GMail needs work. and ya ya, I know
its in Beta still. I wonder how friggin' long they're gonna be beta
testing it. Cuz they beta'd froogle for like a year.
Way different fro my old company, which didn't believe in Beta
testing, but just launching it and fixing everything as we go with
everyone bitching about the problems, not just me. Thats all. Word to
your mother.
super secret blogger address and it'll post a blog for me just as I've
writen it. What sucks balls though, is the fact that Google's GMail
doesn't support writing in html, so these blogs will be dry and tect
only. Can't bold, underline, link, italicize. But a handy tool
definitely, especially if you used it for business bulletins and stuff
with a work group. I approve. But GMail needs work. and ya ya, I know
its in Beta still. I wonder how friggin' long they're gonna be beta
testing it. Cuz they beta'd froogle for like a year.
Way different fro my old company, which didn't believe in Beta
testing, but just launching it and fixing everything as we go with
everyone bitching about the problems, not just me. Thats all. Word to
your mother.
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Monday, April 19, 2004
The Inaugural Blog.
It remains to be seen, if I will continue to use this over xanga. Not that I don't like Blogger, but I have a bigger community in Xanga.
http://www.xanga.com/Vapor023
It remains to be seen, if I will continue to use this over xanga. Not that I don't like Blogger, but I have a bigger community in Xanga.
http://www.xanga.com/Vapor023
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