Ramblin' Man

My birthday weekend has come and gone, and though it wasn't an All-Star type bash, it was still plenty of fun. I was shocked by my parents when they got me an iPod, which is still cool just to hold and feel like I'm totally hip. Well, maybe I was until I said that. My lovely wife took me and my buddies to an A's game. They played the Angels and won, which was awesome. I don't know what it is, but it seems that since California is just a superior state, we don't really have another state to not get along with, so as a Northern Californian I hate LA. Now I know that that's in direct conflict with a certain Randy Newman tune, but it's just the way it is. If they didn't have Disneyland, I'd never go. And as an extension of that NorCal vs. SoCal rivalry, I don't like the Angels, or the Dodgers. Even though I've been to both stadiums to watch games. There's nothing quite like watching a Dodgers/Giants game while wearing an Oakland A's jersey. I didn't know who to root against more, but I had to side with the Giants eventually. Although, the Dodger Dog I had was making it hard. Man that thing was tasty.


But anyhoo, my brother and dad took me golfing at The Links at Bodega Harbour. It was a pretty nifty course, right along the ocean and plenty of houses to hit. We found out that at least one house had bulletproof glass when my dad hit a screamer directly into it. That was pretty nifty. My brother, eco-nut that he isn't crushed a ball out into the ocean from the 18th hole. And since we were playing around a protected marshland area, for the 16th and 17th holes, you had to get out of the cart that they made you drive, to walk the two holes. It was strange, and yet also really nice to be amongst the reeds and probably thousands of golf balls that had been hit into the water there.


So here I am 28 years later, and I still think I knew more when I was 18. At least, I was a better golfer then. But damn, at least I still gots the form...
Golf, the Pacific Ocean, family, good day. Except I left my sunglasses in the golf cart and my parents had to drive back up today to get them for me. But still good day.

Music fun for today = Don't Need Anything by Glen Phillips, you should all know who this guy is and if you don't know him by name, you probably know him from Toad the Wet Sprocket. Check it, Hear it, Love it.
Adios yo.