Anthony's World

Trying something new via facebook

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:55:00 +0000

I am trying something new here... seeing how well Facebook's RSS feed takes my blog posts and converts it into a facebook note. Hopefully this works. Anyway, there should eventually be a link at the bottom that links to the real blog.

Ant

Resurfaced

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:39:00 +0000

I go through these spurts where I post and post and then nothing. Well this time I have an excuse. I was moving into my new house, and had no internet for awhile! I did get it over a week ago now, but have been busy doing other things to really post on this.

But so here goes:

1. the new house is great! its alot of fun furnishing the place and getting it ready. but.. what sucks? bills, the actual cost of furniture, and the over-sized lawn. I am so glad I bought a self-propelled mower, otherwise, i'd be super super sore after mowing the yard.

2. i also don't have a recycle and yard waste container yet. its on back order? how hard is it for a waste company to get bins?? it's been a month now!

3. the sonics leaving is a crime. its absolutely ridiculous. i am outraged, but it paves way for the Seattle Sounders FC!

4. and i have season tickets to the sounders... (and the seahawk!!!)

5. its funny how things could be going so well and then a few moments later come tumbling down. that's about how i feel right now on many fronts.

6. my bi-yearly stock bonus kind of sucks compared to the first one i got 2 years ago.

7. trying to plan a trip to "somewhere" in europe... the whole Munich Oktoberfest idea is basically out now that we can't find a hostel or any sort of cheap hotel to stay at. it also coincides with my UW Grad school orientation sessions.

8. my little cousin is all grown up now and she's moving to India so soon for work! so happy for her and sad she'll be leaving since we started hanging out just in the past year or so since she turned the infamous 21.

9. softball team, the sea-men, got 2nd place in our league! we got an actually large trophy!

10. i love my man-cave.

11. if you have sigur ros / benaroya hall tickets and want to donate to a good cause, please send them to me. i will use them :) -- i am so upset i didnt have internet access during the week it went on sale and it sold out in a hurry! :(

12. i bought a new laptop - dell xps m1330 in red... comes soon. its one of many new toys and furnishings i have.

13. bbq at my place on august 9th. come!

14. more to be continued in a future post....

so anyway, i have had an up and down past few weeks. while the whole ride of purchasing a home and spending time with friends and other great people was wonderful, the past couple of weeks have been hectic, crazy, and a bit lonesome. i dont know, things were high and now they're a little bit lower. for instance, i am so busy at work planning for this and that, i am still working up until i started this post. of course, i took a break to hang out at trivia night, but i ditched out early to go home and work?! ugh. then there's the whole growing up factor. the responsibilities are actually a welcome challenge, but i do sometimes feel like i am held back from other opportunities because of owning a mortgage and being enslaved to the man. i mean, just in the past couple of weeks, my friend left the company to start a new job which is so awesome for him. its a riskier move but it has so much potential. i just dont know if i could do a move like that right now. sigh.

it'll also be harder to travel and stuff, but i am still planning on a couple of trips in the very near future; europe being one, and then maybe a domestic location somewhere. NYC? Chicago? who knows.

and then there's the other stuff which has been in the back of my mind alot lately. what did i do wrong? what happened? ahhh sigh.

i gotta get up in a few hours and for some crazy reason, i have 3 or 4 meetings before 830am. whats wrong here?

Sounders FC Uni's

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:15:00 +0000

A little bit out-dated now but I didn't post on it when it first was revealed. Above is a sketch of the new Seattle Sounders FC uniforms! I'm pretty stoked about professional soccer coming to Seattle! I just hope we can sign one or two of the big names that have been rumored to come here. Henry anyone?

The Beginning...

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:57:00 +0000

What an eventful last week. I must say, I have really kept myself busy. Buying a home is a crazy chore. I can't wait to settle all the paper work and get on with it, and face the inevitable ownage by the man. It seems like the last couple of weeks, if I'm not at work, or dealing with work at home, I'm either dealing with the house stuff, playing tennis, softball, going out with some friends at bbq the park, or the bar, or spending time with a very cool person wherever. I'm constantly keeping myself busy... It's totally a good thing. I really do enjoy the summer time feel of being active. It's nice.

Today I went trail riding on my bike at St Edwards with Dean, Joe, and Travis. It's the first time I've really done that sort of thing, and it was alot of fun, minus the up hill climbs. It's a beginning for a lot of things for me right now, and I'm trying to soak it all in and enjoy it while it lasts.

Ant buys a home

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:30:00 +0000

I just accepted for a new home! It's located in Brier/Lynnwood, which is pretty close to home. I'm pretty excited, scared, relieved and stressed, all at the same time. It's a HUGE responsibility I just put on myself, but it's also an interesting and welcoming challenge. Now I have to deal with a ton of paper work, phone calls, finances, and more and more paper work. And then comes the furnishings....

Ladytron's Velocifero and their live show

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:56:00 +0000

Last night we went to see Ladytron at the Showbox and it was one terrific show. They had lots of lightning effects and played a really good mix of new and old songs. It really helped that their new album is fantastic, as that made up the bulk of their show. They did play some old tracks though, like Seventeen, Blue Jeans, and Play Girl to name a few.

Anyway, I wanted to spend the entry discussing their new record, set to release on June 3rd. It's a must buy! I started listening to it last weekend, and it was the soundtrack of my trip. I couldn't put it down; it was irresistible. From the opening Black Cat and its fresh beat to the closing few songs, Tomorrow, and Versus, the album flat out is a winner. From their original 604 record, which was a collection of synth sounds and funky beats, to their more refined Light & Magic, and to their guitar-heavier and all encompassing step forward on Witching Hour, you can see the band progress to really define their sound. This is next step, and it's called Velocifero.

They've refined their style even more and still have fresh music to put to the table despite using their winning formula of the past. Both Mira Arroyo and Helen Marnie share vocal duties on this record, and Mira even doing some solo tracks in english, which is a rarity (most of her previous songs are in Hungarian - side note, I just read that she has a Oxford PhD in Molecular Genetics?! wow).

I could go on and on but here's my fav. tracks from the record:
Tomorrow, They Gave You a Heart They Gave You a Name, I'm Not Scared, Runaway

And here's an old video, Evil, from their stellar Light & Magic record.

Atlantic City: Day 2

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000

I'm staying at Harrah's, and from the hotel, I can see the Atlantic City Wind Farm, which is a set 5 new wind blades which power some of the city. It's a pretty neat sight, but one of the few and rare sights. This city is a bunch of senior citizens!! Ahhh!

Today was an OKAY day. After working a 10 hour day at the FAA Tech Center, I was able to get some time to rest and relax, hang out, and TRY to go get dinner with some co-workers. Oh the horror, as Vu would say... we go to my car to find that the car won't start! The battery died, for some reason! argh. We ended up eating at the hotel cafe which was decent, and then went around the casino for a bit, lost a few bucks, and then went to deal with the car.

After getting the car restored, I took a drive around town, but was literally too scared to get ouf o the car. hahaha. This place is not only senior citizen, but totally NOT Vegas or even Reno like. The hotels are totally spread apart, even on the main strip, and between each hotel is totally ghetto and run down homes, store fronts, and abandon buildings. It's a very interesting mix of rich and poor. Those streets in Monopoly don't really fit the "property value" in the game. I drove down Pennsylvania and it was totally like going down a dark alley way. I haven't had a chance to go down the Boardwalk yet, but if I get out of work early tomorrow, I'll try to hit that up. Go outside before it gets too late!

Ladytron

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:55:00 +0000

I forgot to mention: albums of the plane ride...

The Knife - Silent Shout
This is such a great album which I recently discovered thanks to recommendation from Genevieve. It was the perfect record for a plane ride, and it sounded great while riding down Upper International at Alpental on Saturday.

Ladytron - Velocifero
The new record from the UK electro-rock group is fantastic! I like it more and more with every listen. They're playing a show at the Showbox this coming Saturday night and I think I'm going to go see them!

Atlantic City: Day 1

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:37:00 +0000

I'm not overly excited for this trip, but I held out some hope. I had about 1 hour of sleep and got to the airport around 4:15AM. That basically sucked and I was surprised at how busy Sea-Tac was at that time. After a long, grueling plane ride to Houston and then connecting flight to Philly, I had to get a rental car and drive about 1.5 hours to Atlantic City and find my hotel, Harrah's Casino & Resort.

After finding out that my hotel wasn't booked, I was able to swing a suite for less than the regular price of a normal room! I ended up meeting with the other two Boeing guys who took a different flight and had dinner and we walked around the casino floor and tried to play some slots, failed, and walked around more.

You know that movie Swingers? Of course you do. Well you know when they say about how they like to keep it old skool around here? This is Atlantic City they're talking about, not old town Vegas. Finding someone even near my age group was a rarity. There were some but even the mid-40s Boeing guys I was with felt young in this crowd of senior citizens. Crazy.

I'm hoping my cold/cough go away and I get to enjoy this trip a little bit more. I'm hoping to at least stroll the Boardwalk, check out a show or something, and relax a bit between my work. I could use a break.

Trek 6000

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:57:00 +0000

Well I just purchased a new bike, and after reading up on components and recommendations, I bought the 2008 Trek 6000 bike with disc brakes. I noticed that the front derailleur is actually upgraded to the SRAM X7 instead of the default X5, which is a good upgrade. :) Anyway, I've spent some money on accessories too, and hopefully will get more acquainted with riding a bike again in short time.

softball spring 2008 kicks off

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:50:00 +0000

The Sea-Men softball 2008 spring league kicked off today with a loss. boohoo. Our team looks improved from what I can tell, so it'll be an exciting year, despite the initial loss. I went 2-2 batting today, with a single to left and then a triple on a fly ball that apparently landed near second base on the OTHER field?! I didn't know I could do that. haha.

I should have scored on that, probably. Oh well. I need to start jogging more to get back into running shape.

Here's some other things to do:
1. Buy a bicycle - could be very imminent.
2. Buy a bike rack for car
3. Jog, tennis, softball, other outdoor activities
4. Buy a tent
5. Buy new hiking shoes, and equipment
6. BUY A HOUSE
7. lose my social life.

Other than that, everything around me is moving like a high speed roller coaster, with ups and downs and ups and downs, traveling so fast it's hard to catch up and figure out what's all really going on. It's crazy! Everything is gone mad! Maybe myself included?! nah.

wow, this is a doozy.

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:18:00 +0000

what an interesting morning...
indeed, the world has turned.

Yak

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:10:00 +0000

I should be upset, yet I should also be very happy. I don't even know where to begin, and I really don't want to be caught up in the middle of a feud, but sometimes things are the way they are because that's just the way it is, or its the way it all turned out, and you're going to just have to deal with it, either if its the consequence or the result of; hopefully there's not fall out but it's just what it is. You have to commit to something, whether that be support or total dismemberment. It's a tough choice, and one that deserves alot of thought, but make it happen, and don't do anything stupid.

Cinco de Mayo @ Alpental

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:59:00 +0000

Cinco de Mayo at Alpental with Adria, Bjorn, Dickerson, Teague, and about 6 or so others that Bjorn and those guys know who met us up. It was a sunny day, clear sky morning but the lines were horrendous. Only managed one run before we went to tail gating, drinking corona's and bbqin up some foods for a couple hours. Tried to go back around 2pm and the lines were still long but cleared up finally around 3ish. All in all, did 2 runs on chair 2, down international to sessel and then a run into snake dance, followed by a inspiration/debbie's run and a cascade traverse, which was alot more fun than i last remembered.

Waxing makes a big difference, i waxed my board with the quick flourowax stuff and it worked wonders. Too bad this may be the last snow day for me this seasaon.

...And here's some tail gating pictures:

Alpental Cinco de Mayo

Alpental $5 Day / Last Ski Day

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:29:00 +0000

I'll be going up Monday with Bjorn, Chris, and Adria, amongst others. Go and look for us!

In celebration of yet another Cinco de Mayo celebrated on Alpental's slopes, we'll be selling $5 lift tickets on Monday, May 5th, 2008 (our last scheduled day of operations). Not a good enough reason to come up on a Monday? 100% of ticket sales will be donated to Outdoors for All. Help us in supporting this great cause and get in your last turns of the season!

Also, don't forget to join us all weekend for our other Cinco de Mayo weekend events including an opportunity to win an 08-09 Big S Pass!

Iron Man and other things

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:25:00 +0000

I went to see Iron Man last night with the dudes at Cinerama... the movie is great! I was pretty surprised how well Jon Favreau directed the film and it was the right balance of comedy and action, yet still had plenty of character development and somewhat of a plot. The high tech-ness of everything was awesome, as well as the special surprise at the end. (stay to watch the credits)

Communication is key, and when there isn't any, its rather annoying. Arr.

The Seahawks kicked of training camp and things sound promising! I can't wait to be at the games this year, it's going to be a great season!

And finally, I'm still awaiting to get my GTAIV copy. It doesn't ship until May 5th.

insomniac

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:36:00 +0000

I am really having trouble sleeping tonight. I tried to go to bed 2.5 hours ago and right now I feel wide awake. My mind is swirling; maybe it's the caffeine intake for the day, maybe its everything that's in my consciousness right now. Whatever it is, I need it out of here... and fast. It's going to be the sucks tomorrow morning with my multitudes of meetings.

I'm going to write some stuff down here, maybe it'll make me tired, staring at this computer screen.

Current most enjoying records:
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver / because it's a good sunny day record
Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands / great stellar album from the mid 80s
The Knife - Silent Shout / recommended to me, approved by me
Voyager One - Afterhours in the Afterlife / buzzing guitars, noise, ambience, drums, happy.

I like lists apparently, as you can tell. Scott told me my blog is way too organized. Perhaps it is. I'm trying to organize my life, maybe too much. I got a million things I worry about, which I have put on myself. I don't exactly need these responsibilities at this moment in my life, but at the same time, I love the challenge and the new experiences. It might suck for a while, but it could also be endearing and rewarding. Only time will tell.

Recent Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:16:00 +0000

Here's some recent galleries I posted on Picasa, but didn't link from the blog.

April 25/26, 2008 Night Life

Silver Fir Snow Day - April 19, 2008

Final Weekend Snow Days

Stevens Pass - April 06, 2008

Alpental - April 08, 2008

Friday Night Madness

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:14:00 +0000

Stress = Force over Area

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:56:00 +0000

Area = Anthony: small, nimble, lightweight, compact

Force = work + OT, job relocation worries, anxiety, first-time home buyer + all the finances that go with that, friends coming and going, relationships, crushes, love, and lust, social life, and commitments.

Stress = Force / Area

Anthony = Stressed.

wait... that doesnt work right.

Snow Days Countdown

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:58:00 +0000

Here's a list of the day by day snow report for a most amazing 2007-08 snowboarding season for me.... the season isn't over yet either. My goal is to reach 30 by season's end, apparently being May 5th most likely!

Day 30: Snoqualmie Central 04/19

Went up to Silver Fir for some runs for the extended season and it was snowing! 9" of new snow over night!!! It was weird; like being in a thermal cycle chamber (for you nerds) where every run we got completely different weather conditions. One run would be snowing, the next would be sunny and HOT, then you'd be cold and windy.... very odd. It kept going back and forth all day. But I had alot of fun and going "extreme" or as extreme as you can on Silver Fir/Central Express. Anyway, went with Dean and met up with Laura and later Nate. Fun times; and possibly my last of the year? (doubtful)

Day 29: Stevens Pass 04/13

Final day at Stevens for the season, and it was a nice sunny bluebird. I went with my cousin Alex as usual, and we were going to go with our other cousin Loan but she canceled at literally the last second (like 745am). Today was even slower than Saturday's adventure at Central. The slush was thick and deep. We stayed mostly on groomers again, but found at least one or two good hits and jumped off the top of some rocks on the backside. It was fun.

Day 28: Snoqualmie Central 04/12

Parked at Silver Fir and did runs all over Central with Dean and met up with Kevin. Sarah was there but didnt see her at the mountain, but met her and Kevin up afterwards for dinner. It was beautiful blue bird day though it was all slush. very slow day. we did the little park stuff on the left of Holiday, and that was a little bit of fun. Otherwise, mostly did groomers. This was also the last day for Silver Fir/Central for the season. Sad. :(

Day 27: Stevens Pass 04/06

Went with Alex. It was a little rough, but you can find powder if you look for it. We did, and there was still some great untracked goods out there if you went a bit out of the groomers on the back side. Lots of goodness at the bottom of the bowl. We found some good hits and some new stuff we hadnt seen before. It was a tiring, yet fun day.

Day 26: Alpental 04/05

Went with Dean and Kevin and met up with Laura. Lots of Chair 2 action. Did a run in the bowl and did not like the dust on hard ice feel. Went to the International side and it was great! Did some various runs all over the map and entered into back country a bit in the Elevator gate after Snake Dance. Lots of fun and lots of cool pictures.

Day 25: Steven's Pass 03/30

The third day of three beautiful powder spring days for this weekend. Went with Alex, Jennifer, Brian, and Pete. Kevin, John, Roldan, and Tara were suppose to meet us but couldn't ever get a hold of them. They probably were doing 7th Heaven runs, I'd assume. I stuck with my cousin Alex for most of the day and we went practically everywhere in the Mill Valley backside. Found as much powder as we could through the tree/wooded areas, traversed a little bit, and hit the drops that we were doing last week. Didn't do too much on the front side except for the warmup on Hogsback down International and a final run on Skyline where I was practically dead after 3 days of powder. My legs are going to hate me tomorrow morning, I already know it. I also got a a season pass to Stevens. Dual membership baby.

Day 24: Alpental 03/29

We only managed 4 runs but they were awesome. Dean and I went and did Chair 2 at Alpental with 1 run down International to Felsen, followed by 1 run in the Eidenweis bowl by way of Shluct. That run was fantabulously powder city, as people had not been doing the bowl or something...

Then around 1 or so, Snake Dance opened up and we did two runs down International and into Snake Dance for some of the best terrain I've done all year. It was much better today in that area than the last time I went in January. On the last run, we managed to go into parts of Elevator... oops. Oh well, tons of fun!

we also ran into Bjorn and Teague between the Snake Dance runs. Yay. They looked beat just like we did. :)

Day 23: Crystal Mountain 03/28

First time ever at Crystal and it was glorious. powder heaven! Tons of new stuff on the ground and it was dumping more. I went with Kevin and 3 of his co-workers on our hooky day. Pretty good soft goods.

Day 22: Stevens Pass 03/21

Awesome powder day. My cousin, Alex, and I went with Jennifer and Eric. Alex and I did alot of the tree lines near International on the Hogsback chair and then we went over to the backside and did lots of Jupiter lift runs cutting to the left at the bottom of the first hill, where there were some awesome ledge drops to play on. I was pretty nervous doing it the first time but after landing in a field of pow, it was so much more fun - we kept doing this a few times, later a group made a jump there hah! We proceeded to the tree lines before the cat track on each run... fun times. We also did more hogsback tree stuff and did a single skyline skybowl run and a tye bowl cross over back to the main area.

Day 21: Stevens Pass 03/16

went to stevens with Jennifer, Adria, and Tommy... we did some backside, and hogsback runs for most of the day. lots of fresh snow and lots of fun. yay.

Day 20: Whistler 03/09

Second snow day of the trip was foggy and snowing and occasionally windy, but it cleared up in the afternoon for some great post-snow snowboarding. Mmmm love this resort.

Day 19: Blackcomb 03/08

4cm of new snow and sunny skies plus my first time at whistler. it was great. its like heaven. went on this trip with my cousins vu and alex (babe) and dean

Day 18: Snoqualmie Central Summit 03/02

Went today with Jennifer. Triple 60 was shut down so we moved quickly through Holiday and Gallery and took Jennifer to Central Express for some Alpine and Golden Nugget runs (she's a beginner for the most part). The snow was great, the sun was shining, and just perfect conditions to do stuff in. Did my usual salvo of hits on Alpine and Golden Nugget, and landed basically all of them. Feeling way more confident in myself with those things. After mapping out the entire area with Kevin and Jake over the many times we've done Central, there's so many areas that are pretty awesome in the mountain. Need to do a bit more exploring on Silver Fir runs though, but that area is full of great stuff. Central (ski acres) is pretty underrated I think, because its clumped with the term "Snoqualmie" which used to be exclusive the West summit, which basically sucks. People need to see the other good stuff in the snoqualmie area like Silver Fir, Hyak, and the awesome Alpental Chair 2.

Day 17: Steven's Pass 03/01

Went to Stevens with Scott. It was his first time going in a few years! There was 6" of new POW and more during the day to replenish the goods. It sorta sucked for scott though, cause he couldnt see nor had goggles. My fault really. Anyway, riding on fresh pow was awesome especially after 3+ weeks of no new snow.

Day 16: Snoqualmie Summit Central 02/26

Night skiing with Mike C and Dan C and a whole cast of other people, i probably forgot everyone's name but lets met think: dimay, joe, faye, bruce, ahh shoot i forget there was a bunch of people. :)

conditions were alright, actually pretty good for what the weather's been like. did a bunch of express runs, mostly golden nugget, and also tried out central park stuff. was pretty much a fun time.

Day 15: Snoqualmie Summit Central 02/23

Did a bunch of Triple 60 and Express runs at Central. Mostly did Golden Nuggets and the various faces off of Triple 60. Went with Dean, Jake, Kevin, Kate, Patricia, and met up with Laura at the mountain. The snow melted creating some a soft surface but it hardened up around 4pm or so and it was only a couple more runs before we gave up.

Day 14: Snoqualmie Summit Central 02/16

Went on a bunch of Silver Fir and Central Express runs with Kevin, Nate, and Lan. Not very crowded surprisingly, and snow was still pretty decent despiite lack of snow and some rain fall. Stayed to do a couple night runs but it was very hard compact by then.

Day 2 of Tahoe took us to Diamond Peak at Incline Village. Some of the most amazing and gorgeous views are here. The summit gives you the most breath-taking view of the Lake and the valley its in. So awesome, and it feels like you're skiing/snowboarding right into the lake. It was hot this weekend, reaching up to 51 degrees!

Day 13: Diamond Peak @ Incline Village - Lake Tahoe 02/10

Day 2 of Tahoe took us to Diamond Peak at Incline Village. Some of the most amazing and gorgeous views are here. The summit gives you the most breath-taking view of the Lake and the valley its in. So awesome, and it feels like you're skiing/snowboarding right into the lake. It was hot this weekend, reaching up to 51 degrees!

Day 12: Squaw Valley USA - Lake Tahoe 02/09

Went to tahoe with Neil. Day 1 was at Squaw Valley, the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Did runs all over the mountain, mostly on my own as Neil hurt his foot early on with some smaller than fit rental boots. Beautiful scenery, so-so runs.

Day 11: Snoqualmie Summit Central 02/03

did silver fir and central express runs and did a couple of triple 60s on super bowl sunday. First time the place was fully open since the huge 6+ feet of snow in the past few days. The roads were completely bare, DOT did a great job. Only hang up was that the Avalance Control, done by helicopters (!!!) at Alpental took way too long and shut down I90 til 330 or 4pm. So I ended up missing half of the super bowl, but I got back to watch the most exciting parts... great game!

Day 10: Snoqualmie Summit Central 01/28

night-time snowboarding with Dean, Svet and Josey. Mostly stayed on Central Express goofing off on lips and jumps with Josey, and then did some Triple 60 stuff with Dean.

Day 09: Snoqualmie Summit Central 01/26

Went with Jake, Dean and Kate - met up with Laura.

Did some triple 60s and silver fir runs... and some bunny slope stuff with the newb kate

Day 08: Snoqualmie Summit Central & Mt Hyak 01/19

went with Jake and Kristina. The traverse was long to Hyak, but the way back was so much easier. Silver Fir is awesome. Lots of neat trails and stuff. Too bad the lift took FOREVER to get up. Mt Hyak (East Summit) was awesome too. Both places had nice powder spots, and Hyak had some really good tree-lines to go through and around. No lines here. Yes!

Day 07: Snoqualmie Summit West 01/16

Wild Side Wednesdays @ West - went with Bjorn, Kevin, Nate, and Laura for night ski action.

Day 06: Alpental 01/10

Night skiing with Catherine, Sarah, Kevin... met up with one of our managers and program managers

Day 05: Stevens Pass 01/05

2nd time up for Lan and Kristina... Alex (babe) and I went to the backside for the majority of the day... tons of good stuff back there.

Day 04: Alpental 12/31

NYE at Alpental - went with Ted, Marko, Don, and a couple others. First time I went up to Chair 2 and International in 5 years... it was great!

Day 03: Alpental 12/27

Went to Alpental with a bunch of people: Kevin, Roldan, John, Dean, Prof. Flinn, and Pete from work. Actually all of us work at Boeing... anyway, fun times!

Day 02: Stevens Pass 12/22

Took my sister Kristina and cousin Lan up for the first time ever! Also went with cousins Alex and Vu, and friend Deaniac!

Day 01: Meadows @ Mt Hood 12/17

Awesome day to kick-off the year. Went to Mt Hood with a bunch of friends. Half the people went to Meadows... it was good times.

working late; not sleeping enough

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:23:00 +0000

yea and yea. let me tell you how much it sucks to work 7:30am to 8:30pm a couple times a week.... it sucks. i've been doing it the past 2 or 3 weeks now. hopefully it'll end.

Good Bye Scott

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:27:00 +0000

Good luck and best of times in Prague! Hopefully I'll get to see you at least once in the next year!

Mill Valley: Falling off Hills

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:41:00 +0000

Take the Jupiter or Tye Mill chair on the backside of Stevens (aka Mill Valley) and go straight down the initial hill of Gemini. Then proceed to the left at the bottom into a small cat track and then go straight towards the first hill at the bottom of Corona Bowl. Then hit that, and go straight up (with a small hike) to the next hill, and hit that again, and then go down into some powder-ful tree lines. W3rd.

Mill Valley Video Snapshots - 03/30/2008

Tragic Snowboarding: Live at Whistler 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Ant) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:38:00 +0000

Here's some snapshots from footage taken at our recent Whistler/Blackcomb trip earlier this month.

Whistler 2008 Video Snapshots