Rekindled With The Quiver
So pumped! We moved into the new place today and I finally got all my toys in one spot. Spoiled! 
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Disc Golf at Morely Field
So I had an appointment to meet the realtor this morning at 10:00 AM in Hillcrest. We finally signed the lease for our new place today. I’m super excited to get situated back into a normal home that is feasible to house the lady and I and the two dogs.
After signing the lease, I met up with Rob, Ori and Jared over at the Hash House A Go Go on 6th avenue. We ordered some grub, ate that grub and masterminded on some various business ideas for each of us. Mostly we were coming up with ideas on how Ori could use his amazing talents to pocket a bit of coin and help others in the process with his photography, photoshop and design skills. I think I’m going to do a blog post about Ori in a few days and let people know how they can take advantage of some of his services he offers.
Then we headed over to Morely Field in Balboa Park to get our disc golf on. I’ve never actually played disc golf before, but I was determined to win. I’m extremely competitive with any game I play and want to rub the loss into my friends and competitors faces after I come out victorious. Truthfully, I’m really a great sport. Every time I’ve ever lost at something it makes me want to get better and come back stronger so I always appreciate a formidable opponent.
Beating Ori and Jared wasn’t so hard. It was Rob Burns I had to worry about. He’s played quite a bit and the rest of us were rookies. However, after 9 holes I was winning being just 6 over par while Rob was at 7. Then I made the big mistake and we decided to play the back 9 holes. No bueno. I sucked. Rob won with a final of 11 over par while I butchered the last hole and ended up 15 over par. Uggg. 
It was a good time and congrats to Rob on squeezing out the win.
Ran Into Travis Pastrana at Swami’s Cafe
After checking out some houses for rent, Lana and I decided to grab a quick bite to eat at a Swami’s Cafe in Encinitas. I recommend the Acai Bowl if you come here. Tasty!
An added bonus to the lunch was running into extreme sports legend Travis Pastrana. He’s in town for the X-Games competition next week and we were lucky enough to share lunch and chat about motorcycles, surfing, traveling, etc. Very cool dude.
And check this out. He’s got a groovy motorcycle game on his website if you want to waste time while at work. Click Here for the Super Mega Nitro Jump Game.
Mikey Chin – Portland Skateboarding
First I want to say Happy Holidays to everyone. I had a mellow time with my folks up here in Portland and hope you were able to enjoy some family time as well.
Secondly, I came across this YouTube video of my buddy Mikey Chin skateboarding today. He kills it…
Somewhere deep in the archive I have videos of Mikey crushing it when he was like 11 or 12 years old. He’s always been good, but this is just ridiculous.
Good stuff Mikey!
Jason Hargett wins $1,000,000 Hole In One!
So this dude in Utah decides to take part in a hole in one shootout at the Mark Eaton Celebrity Classic. This dude’s name is Jason Hargett.
Jason used to work in a restaurant. Restaurant work blows! I’m betting a few bucks this dude quits that jobby job.
Not everyone needs a college education. Grab yourself a nine iron and a Ping golf ball and call yourself a millionaire baby!
Live it up.
Reduce Stress With A Rebounder
If you are ever feeling stressed, bummed out, or lacking energy, you must get yourself a rebounder, or trampoline.
Surfing Session at S. Ponto Carlsbad California
The waves were really good this morning. I missed out on the early session, but was able to grab a few surfing clips a bit later in the afternoon. This is also the first time I’ve loaded up HD footage to Vimeo. Enjoy. (Viewing tip = If you click the button on the bottom right, next to the word “vimeo” you can see the video in full screen mode)
South Ponto Carlsbad / San Diego Surfing 06-30-09 from Jason Moffatt on Vimeo.
The Good News Bears
As a young kid I had a never-ending dream to be a baseball player. My brother and I would play ball in the backyard just about every day.
Growing up in Oregon we quickly learned to hate the weatherman in the spring since a lot of our games would be rained out, yet the Meteorologist swore that it was going to be sunny. When summer came, it was so joyous to be able to play ball all day.
In Little League I was a pretty good player. I made the All Star teams, and played really well. It was some of the most memorable times in my life. Once high school came around I couldn’t wait to get onto the Varsity team. However, that never happened. Half way through my freshman year I sprained my ankle pretty bad. Shortly after, I found myself getting in trouble with the law and partaking in activities that weren’t exactly condoned by the school or the baseball team. (Use your imagination). That was pretty much the end of my baseball career.
About 8 years ago I did join a softball team in Haliimaile Hawaii. What a experience that was. I had not played since a high school kid, and the locals decided to put “Haole Boy” at shortstop. Needless to say, fielding ground balls from 250 lbs Hawaiians on a bumpy field wasn’t a easy task. But I had a blast.
Fast forward 8 years to last week… and I sat in on a softball game with my pal Chris. And it’s just my luck that we are up against the number one team in the league and they ask me to play 2nd base. Within minutes a line drive is drilled at my feet and I have to admit, my fielding skills were a bit rusty. Okay, a lot rusty. Snagging a ground ball at 70mph isn’t a easy task.
I made two quick errors and felt like crap about it. Luckily, I did get a hit and scored the teams first run two innings later. Around the fourth inning another screaming ground ball was fired at me. There was no way I was going to let this one get past me. So, I did what any good infielder would do and got my body in front of the ball and made the force play to 2nd base to get the runner out.
Unfortunately that out came at a price. The price was a softball size welt and bruise on my inner thigh (a few inches from my family jewels). You can see the bruise here…
So tonight is the 2nd night I’ll attempt to rekindle my childhood dream of playing with the guys on the diamond. Of course it’s just softball and not real baseball, but it’s still very competitive, very fun, and very taxing on the body.
If the team wins tonight, they are in the playoffs. So the only obvious question now is… “Where are the steroids?”.
Flightline – San Diego Wild Animal Park Zipline
Yesterday I got a call from my buddy Russ asking me whether or not I wanted to head out to the San Diego Wild Animal Park’s new Zipline exhibit called Flightline.
My answer… “Does a bear shit in the woods”?
So, Russ, Frank, John and I headed out to Escondido to give it a shot.
Still being jacked up on pain pills I was a bit sketched out. It wasn’t too bad, but I was a bit on edge. And I’m not exactly big on heights either, and this thing soars well over 500 feet from the ground. As you decend down the drop you cover the whole area of the wild animal park soaring over Rhino’s, Hippos, Lions, and all kinds of crazy wild animals.
It was pretty sweet. Here’s a couple clips from the day…
Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres = Dilemma
I’ve been a huge Chicago Cubs fan since I was about 10 years old. As a little leaguer I would watch all the games on WGN as Harry Caray would yell… “It might be, it could be, it IS.. a HOMERUN. HOLY COW”.
Boy I miss those days. Harry was such a character.
Nowadays WGN sucks! They play maybe 25% of the games max, and sometimes they even insult the Cubbie faithful by playing White Sox games instead. WTF? 
Anyhow, right now the San Diego Padres are hosting a series with the Cubbies in town. But this presents quite a dilemma for me. You see, the Pads have won their last 8 straight games. And since I live in San Diego I obviously route for my home town team. However, the Cubs are the true favorite in my heart.
I don’t want to route against either team. It’s tough, and considering the Padres are on a roll I’d like to see them keep it up. Taking into consideration that most experts and even the Padres owners themselves don’t really expect to compete this year (idiots are about to trade their best pitcher Jake Peavey), it’s really nice to see the club making a decent run. Of course they still trail the Manny-less Dodgers by a bunch of games. But who knows, they may be able to catch up.
It ain’t over til the fat lady sings! Especially in baseball. It saddens me to see the Padres management give up on the team. It was pretty cool to see them bring over Tony Gywnn Jr. the other day though in a trade for outfielder Gerut.
So, I’m at a dilemma of whether or not to go to the game today. The crowds are going to be insane on account of memorial day weekend. My teeth still hurt like hell from the wisdom teeth extraction the other day. And my Cubbies are playing like shit right now.
O well. If this is the extent of my dilemmas I guess life is pretty good.
I’m still undecided whether or not to go to the game today. I sure wish my lady liked baseball. That would make it a much easier decision, especially since I need a designated driver.
Go Cubbies!
Here’s a pic of myself and the Andy Hussong (affiliate manager for John Reese’s “Income.com”) at Wrigley Field last year during the playoffs. I’ll let you take a wild guess at what the result of the game was.
