monday. again.

friday my company got a luxury bus, loaded it with coolers full of beer and sent us to magic mountain. quite the fun time. (before we even got to the park....) it was a trip to be walking around magic mountain with a slew of my co-workers. i'm always amazed with how much fun we all have together... (i'm even more amazed that we all stayed in one big group. ) something about hanging out with people that you usually HAVE to be around, at a time when you don't.

oh, and waiting for the front seat in the front car of goliath is COMPLETELY worth it. highly recommend.

batman, however, nearly made me sick.

no lines = ride after ride after ride in a short amount of time = a woozy, upset stomach and the realization that i'm not 12 anymore.

last time i was at magic mountain, a little over a year ago, i was with a girl and the park was void of the usual crowd mess. we went on like 4 rides; something like viper, psyclone, batman and riddler.

ugh.

i had to tip-toe off riddler, VERY slowly, to avoid losing whatever had been in my stomach that day.

anyway, took a break after batman, going back to the original story, and went on goliath again. that is, in fact, the perfect rollercoaster. (until someone builds a taller, faster one somewhere else.)

went rock climbing in malibu canyon saturday morning. nearly finished an implied 5.10a. that isn't saying much if you talk to anyone who calls climbing their hobby, but considering i hadn't put on my gear in a good 5 months that's pretty good. a fun rock. watch out for that first shelf though, left a piece of my knee on it during my second ascent.

wedding saturday, dinner birthday sunday; hung out with friends saturday nite and sunday afternoon... installed my new system in my truck...

wind kicked up on sunday, blowing huge leaves everywhere... hearing the wind thrust the trees around and feeling the dry air on my skin brought back _way_ too many memories of growing up in t.o... walking to school, recess, trying to carry your lunch around the playground with all that wind thrashing about...


it's been a good time.