Sunday, November 29, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Today we ran the South Fork of the Smith river, it's an inaccessible wilderness run. The run is 13 miles long with 4 or 5 class IV rapids. The approach was over and hour and a half drive through mountains. These carnivorous Pitcher plants are native to the area and were prevalent in the lower section of the river.
We ran the Middle Fork Smith River, here's us scouting some rapids from the bank. There's me going down it, hard to see whats going on, I'm trying not to bang my paddle on all the rocks!
Later on we came to a class IV section, we noticed some head to body size rocks sliding down the slope. Before we could discuss it we were in the rapid and a SUV sized boulder tumbled down the slope, bounced and landed in the middle of the river, right where we were headed. Ten seconds different and we'd been dead, no question. I scrambled for the bank and chipper got himself stuck on a rock. This was a near miss. We camped by the river and I heard more slides in the night.
Later on we came to a class IV section, we noticed some head to body size rocks sliding down the slope. Before we could discuss it we were in the rapid and a SUV sized boulder tumbled down the slope, bounced and landed in the middle of the river, right where we were headed. Ten seconds different and we'd been dead, no question. I scrambled for the bank and chipper got himself stuck on a rock. This was a near miss. We camped by the river and I heard more slides in the night.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Also, it looks like this cafe is no longer inspired by sbux, because that guy is scraping it off. (inspired by schommer?)
Plus, how awesome is it that the "Roy Street" cafe has a Broadway East address?
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

I haven't posted any latte art recently, probably because I haven't been working on a bar. I had the chance to pour one at Slayer yesterday and it got flickred.
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Mistakes are real.

It's not a big deal.
I know I'm guilty of making mistakes. I'm also guilty of handling it poorly when people around me do. Recently, I was granted a serious credit by a friend after fucking it up for real.
It's difficult to learn from the actions of others. I constantly remind myself, like a kind of credo; "pay attention, learn from that". Still, it's tough. There's no more effective way to learn than by trial and error. Like so many cats around candles humans flail through life. And despite the severity of some life's most powerful lessons, we often burn our paws again and again.
It's not a big deal.
I know I'm guilty of making mistakes. I'm also guilty of handling it poorly when people around me do. Recently, I was granted a serious credit by a friend after fucking it up for real.
It's difficult to learn from the actions of others. I constantly remind myself, like a kind of credo; "pay attention, learn from that". Still, it's tough. There's no more effective way to learn than by trial and error. Like so many cats around candles humans flail through life. And despite the severity of some life's most powerful lessons, we often burn our paws again and again.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
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