full world cup schedule

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/fixtures?cc=5901&ver=us
pretty psyched for this summer.

DAWGS kill CAL bears

My mom and i went to the final game of the season today. i have been going to dawgs games since literally i was 3 weeks old. i never get tired of it and i always tear up when our boys come running out of the tunnel. i love sharing this with my mom.

this topped off a great season. a season of hope for the resurrection of Husky football. man we have had a few brutal years and this season started off with such a bang. we all thought that we would be in a bowl game for sure.
well, it didnt turn out that way. however, we did win the apple cup, and tonight, we killed #19 ranked Cal. i was looking at the guys next to me as we kept marching down the field and scoring. we all looked very confused. are we that good, or are they playing that bad? either way, we will take it. Jake Locker looked amazing. aguilar was bringing in pretty much anything that was thrown his way. great win.
cant wait for next year, i just hope Locker stays for another season.
One more year jake, make it happen.

our first real tree

for the past 6 or so years, my wife and I have had a plastic christmas tree. with the dogs, not a lot of space, and my hate for messy foliage, we have gone against a real tree.
a couple days ago, when my wife went to the gym, i rushed out and got a real tree. she came home to the smell of pine and tears welled in her eyes. i knew i had done good.
of course, the first night, the dogs pottied on it. but its worth it to see her so happy over what many of us see as little insignificant things. i guess its a feeling brought about by nostalgia, or maybe just the fact that she knew i was thinking about her and what it means to her.
whatever it is, i will try to keep finding it.

bremerton gym

i made it out to our bremerton gym today to check up with ross (head setter) and throw up a route. i was more than psyched on what i saw. i think this picture sums it up.
beautiful.
we are holding not only a local SCS onsight event here this spring, but we are also holding the regional. pretty psyched for the opportunity. ross has done a great job executing my vision and applying it to this gym. i have no doubt the the comps will run smooth and the setting with be fun and flawless.

good bye to old friends

my first car was an '82 volkswagen vanagon that my folks bought me back in high school. man i loved that thing. drove it up and down the coast a few times, up to the mountains more often than not, and then the motor caught fire. i should have known right then and there that this was a bad idea. volkswagen addiction. something about the "peoples car" that has always sucked me in.a couple vanagons and many others later.......
until this toyota truck i bought last month, i had never owned anything other than volkswagen or audi. last night i sold my passat wagon. this thing was huge for me. it was the first time i had owned a car that was relatively new. had power windows that worked most of the time. heated seats, etc. it was also the first one in years that i didnt spend a crap ton of money modifying, besides the $2200 in suspension and wheels i put on it.
i am sad to see her go, but i know i will move on and get something else sooner or later, maybe another bug. we still have the audi wagon, and the '78, so i dont feel totally naked.
here are a few of my past rides.

dorothy grey sackville west

one of my best friends in the world, kate bayley, had a baby yesterday.
welcome to the world grey. you will be loved

community

one thing i have always loved about the northwest is the sense of community that you feel. when i was little it was very apparent that the activities i got into were very much structured around a great support group with people who had the same likeness to wanting to be a part of that support group. skateboards, climbing, snowboards, it wasnt just the activity, it was the community and the people involved in the sport. the shops that supported your sport and in climbings case, the gyms that supported the sport and most importantly the community. the shops and gyms were the places where the community was built. i know, i for one can call on many of my best friends from all of these times in my life. there is an unreal connection with those who share the same passion as you.
take the climbing community for example. you can go pretty much anywhere in the world and find people who climb, and will climb with you, and will share many stories about climbing and the community. our gyms are a place to build that community. they are a place to give back to the community. we build climbers, and the strong sense of what it means to be climbers in our gyms in the northwest. i know many of the employees of these gyms and outdoor retail shops feel this way too.

i am disappointed when people forget what the word community means. especially in our climbing world. i am disappointed when folks forget what this is all about, forget what we all do this for in the first place. its about giving back, and building the future of our community while maintaining a good balance between us all.

try to remember what the community does for you, and how much support you get from the community. and try to remember how much support you get from a community that you have forgotten. and you will know how much support you get from a community that you ignore.