It’s spring here in Encinitas, and I’m not convinced that I like spring in SoCal very much. The weather is fickle and the waves are kinda so so. It hasn’t been very warm here either…pretty cool actually. I think it was warmer in New York recently than here in San Diego. Anyway, I’m thinking of going home to visit soon, just have to figure out when!
I ordered speakers for my new computer over the internet and they’re amazing. However, I did not realize that the subwoofer was going to weigh FORTY POUNDS. The thing is a beast! I couldn’t even lift the box into my room when it came via FedEx. I was like…I ordered speakers not bowling balls right? Anyway, the thing seriously rattles the apartment if I crank it up. It’s a very rewarding bass sound. However I have neighbors in the apartment that’s next to mine and we share a wall, so I really can’t play it that loud. They would want to come over and shoot me.
Meanwhile, the latest thing I’ve been doing with my friends is going to all these concerts. The bands are known, but not super popular so the venues are small. Last night we went to see Phantogram, an amazing duo from New York (although they’re from upstate, so are they really from New York? We’ll give em a pass this time.) I found out about them from one of those free Starbucks music giveaways and the rest is history. I figured it was right up my friends alley so got them into it as well. We went to see them at the Casbah in San Diego, and they played with the Antlers who were also amazing live.
Rockin The Casbah
Sold Out
Phantogram @ Casbah, San Diego
Phantogram is coming back to San Diego in a month to play at the House of Blues with the xx so we are going to go to that show too. We are obsessed. I loved the girl Sarah Barthel – great style and stage presence. And I would love to have her hair. I have a feeling Phantogram is going to get very popular – it’s only a matter of time. I was shopping at the mall and one of their songs was playing in the store Anthropologie.
There’s just not enough time in the day to do all the things that you want! Like today for instance – it just went so fast! I did get a fun surf session in though. I surfed for two hours and really felt like I broke through the plateau that I was on. I was in full control of my board, I felt like my arms were in good paddling shape and I could catch anything. The water was clean, and the waves were glassy. Then I had to go to the laundromat, but even that seemed to go fast. There weren’t 9825 screaming children running around, so that was good.
Then I had dinner with Val and we went to get frozen yogurt. Golden Spoon has some very good coffee flavored fro yo. Then we went over to Joanne’s place to give her money for the concert tickets we’re buying for next month. Yeah, sounds like a pretty bad day right? I shouldn’t complain at all.
It’s going to rain the next few days here, and I love how the talk of the town is that it’s going to rain for TWO days. Gasp!
Sorry it’s been so long since my last update! I felt like so much had happened and I was just overwhelmed at the thought of writing about all of it. Let’s just sum it up in a nutshell: I went to visit my friend Alicia in Seattle and had a blast. I got some great sunny weather and got to see Seattle at its finest. Then I went on a roadtrip to Santa Barbara with my friends Suzanne, Val, and Lori. That was another extremely fun trip where we surfed the iconic surf break of Rincon. You can read more about that trip in the article I wrote up for my other website, The Surfing Handbook. Click here – Santa Barbara Road Trip.
Pikes Place Market - Seattle
Alicia And I - Steven's Pass, Washington
Greenlake Park, Seattle
Seattle View
Between those adventures I have been doing a lot of surfing right here in my own backyard. It’s so amazing to be able to just walk to Grandview. Every day I do it I appreciate where I am and how blessed I am to be able to say “I live in California and I can walk to my surf spot and surf with my friends.” Like, this morning I did an early AM session with Val and Joanne. The waves weren’t that great but the sun was out, the water was glassy, and there were dolphins and pelicans sharing the waves with us. Sheesh. So gooey it almost makes your teeth hurt.
I was given the OK today by my cardiologist that my heart is totally fine, my bloodwork is 100% normal, and the skipped beats I was having were just a function of adrenaline and other factors. In other words I’m NOT going to drop dead if they happen. Which is reassuring, because last year I had about 5 minutes of continual skipped beats and it was literally the most scared I’ve ever been in my life. That had never happened to me before and I really thought I was going to keel over right then and there. Ever since it has been weighing very heavily on my mind, so I’m glad I got everything checked out once and for all. The good part about it all is that the skipped beats are happening much less frequently now that I’m not so worried about them. Interesting how that works.
I found this amazing short film on Vimeo tonight, and if you want to see an example of something that I’d love to create myself, then check this out. The music and cinematography were just breathtaking. The script was good but not great in my opinion, but the film as a whole is head and shoulders above anything I’ve seen come out of Hollywood recently.
