So, Spicoli is here under a different moniker...? Never understood the guys who create different screen monikers for the sole purpose of 'posing differently' than their 'normal moniker' (whatever 'normal' means). That's really strange to me - - with the caveat that if a HOF Swellie has been banned, then it seems ok that he devises a way around the banishment. Carter comes to mind, as does RiledUpMartin, legends who get frequent banned flier status & both who have earned the right to IP address away. It's the trolls who invent their narcissistic evil twisted lil personas & dump bile that are the wack jobs. Such as Taintico. I know who that moron is, not that it matters. It's a phony dude who acts like he's cool with me under his 'real' shtick but posts up bitter, jealous shpeckle under the Taintico freak show. Anyways.....when I get banned, I take it as a vacay - - too lazy & untalented to create a different persona. Although it's a source of amusement that raddadingaling has completely convinced himself that Carter & Yankee are one & the same.
Honestly, I don't really know if he is or not. It's just a thought that has crossed my mind before. Every now and then while reading some of these posts by a few jokers who I have a hard time taking seriously it makes me think that it could be him or a couple others. Just a hunch, and something to talk about today. Bored, slow past couple of days at work.
this is a pretty stupid post...spicoli always seemed like a pretty genuine dude, over the top at sometimes with the "surf speak" but sincere when people move cross country they are often in it for a change...of e v e r y t h i n g, and it's not usually personal
haha, nahhh, brah...but i attempted a possible meet up this past fall on the cape when katherine was doin' laps around the bay, but never had the pleasure as he had no interest in the cape...from what i've seen a lot of it seems to be shallow beach break anyway - gotta it the tide right since i'm on the topic of the cape and disappearances, thought i'd post this... one of the last weekends i had with this guy, brain tumor took him before he was 7, seizures for 24+ hours at time, once a month every 3-4 hours, for a year. great dog. miss him. gonna spread his ashes soon at my favorite spot so he's always with me out there.
Damn I aint been here long enough to be known as anyone.. I guess I gotta start some chit with somebody?
yeah, but i'm okay with it now. but putting him down was without a doubt the hardest thing i've ever had to do. the guilt, totally heavy feeling that heartbeat slow and come to a stop (with his best friend, a two & half year old kid, waiting for him with the nurses in the waiting room). remembering the good times though! that dog ate glass xmas ornaments once...
I've got a couple memories like this of my own, and as hard as it is, I think it prepares you for some of the more difficult eventualities of human life. When I was a kid, we had a dog named Dinkie, she used to babysit me in the backyard sometimes. Once the meter-man came in the yard without knocking, and she tore him up a bit. Another time, we were crabbing, and we let a big blueclaw scramble on the pier in front of her. After she sniffed it, it pinched her nose, and she promptly gobbled it up live; crunch, crunch, crunch. Apparently dog stomachs can process crabshell, no problem. When she died my uncle administered CPR but at 16 years it was time. Never understood people who don't 'get' dogs, and I have a hard time trusting them. Strangely enough, one of my best friends is like that. I know I can count on him but he probably shouldn't have kids. If you can't empathize with a creature of unquestioning devotion ... there is something missing in your brain.
oh, the guilt...that pretty much sums everything up right there...that was hardest part of having to be the arbiter of when the time came...ultimate devotion and trust. but it definitely taught me more about weightiness of responsibility in caring for others, and the value of enjoying that time, good or bad, while it's here...it's a gift (which is supposed to make the "oh, the guilt" nirvana quote ironic...)
The night is darkest just before the dawn... [video=youtube;9cDZlI0mFSE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cDZlI0mFSE[/video]
lol braddahs you buoys make me laugh! I'd never go under an alias. That would be a disservice to those of you who like me and hate me both. You'd know it's me eventually anyway. I don't exactly blend in. Tried to come back on here tonight and 1) my auto login was no more since I got a new laptop; 2) couldn't remember my password since I was logged in automatically 99% of the time since my inception here in 2013; 3) couldn't recover my login for the email that this account was tied to since it was so old and I never used it. Hoping that Micah answers my PM and lets me get back into my former account here since I'm sure I can pass any litmus test of legitimacy. Not sure when I was on here last, probably early June if that. Maybe mid-May. It's been nonstop travel for work which has actually been full of stoke since I've got to spend a lot of time with some close friends on the job from years past. Literally nonstop though with work, then I've also got a wahine that is worth keeping around indefinitely for many reasons. Stoke has been very high even with minimal water time and sporadic skate time. Only got 4 or 5 surf sessions in during the last month and a half despite being on west coast for well over half that time. Though I'm happy to say I'm getting takeoffs and rides consistently on a 30L board despite being at 190lbs. It's almost a definite I'm headed to NorCal permanently, though contemplating keeping the spot on the water on the EC too. Pondering some new horizons in several ways, and timing is good since the quality of my perspective on self, life and the outside world is at an all-time high. Regular surf and skate will be a major part of my life still. The main difference over the last 3-6 months is that I've put forth renewed energy and focus into helping others and being my best for them and it's been quite rewarding. Hope all you bros are doing well and finding some stoke although from what I was able to see in sporadic checks on EC surf reports this spring it was flat as hell. Was back in EMass last weekend and paddled out on the pintail in OH to head and a half but it was pretty choppy. Due for an epic sesh very soon. Anywayz, gotta hit the sack as a very busy morning looms. Hopefully Micah will give me access to my original account. Not sure how much I'll be on in the near future, but stay stoked if I don't talk to you cats again sometime soon.
Hey y'all. I ain't been here much due to life sh**. EmaZZ? You gone mooslim on us? Kinda sounds like Shabazz or somethin. LOL That's funny about the lost login. Reminds me of how much things have changed since we all got computers and cell phones. We used to have tons of phone #s stored in our heads, or for those conquistadores, in little black books. Now it's all in our phones or laptops. Lose or replace one o those rascals and ur f***ed. I don't even remember my own phone # sometimes.