Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

Posted on November 26, 2009

Photo on 2009-11-26 at 08.21

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. This year looks like a working holiday for me. No plans for dinner with friends and family and I doubt I’m going to be able to keep my old Thanksgiving tradition of packing a sandwich and heading to the beach for a day-long surf session.

Instead I’ll be diligently working on a site for my client in Washington state and the two shoe catalogs for my local client. I guess to me it’s just another day except today I can’t go anywhere since everything’s closed.

Once the weather clears (it’s 68 degrees and foggy / rainy) I’ll probably go for a ride on the motorcycle just to clear my head and forget about the holidays all together.

I always hate this time of year.

Have a safe and happy holiday everyone. I guess if I had to list the things I’m thankful for it’d go something like this:

Thankful I had a chance to become such good friends with Joe and to know him like a brother.
Thankful I have a roof over my head and food in my fridge.
Thankful I have clients, even though some take way too long to pay.
Thankful I have great friends in the building and abroad.
Thankful I have a skill that keeps me working in this shitty economy.
And last but not least, I’m thankful for my family.

We Will Miss You So Much Joe Politzer.

Posted on November 24, 2009

Joe and Me

We lost a good one over the weekend. I was in complete shock when I got the call from my old roommate Shawn. Joe had moved to New Zealand over a year ago and had been bouncing around that portion of the globe for a while.

He was on his way back home for the holidays, stopping off in Laos for a three day thing before jetting off to California to hang out with Shawn, then off to Cleveland to be with family.

He was about 100 feet in front of his traveling buddy on a scooter when he took a left turn into oncoming traffic. His friend held him until the ambulance arrived but Joe never made it to the hospital.

He was like a brother to me and my heart aches to know he’s not around anymore. Before he moved to NZ he spent a week with us down here in South Florida. Joe was always smiling regardless of what was going on, a great friend and one of the finest human beings on the planet.

You will be missed, Joey. You will be missed.

Finally Got Back In The Water

Posted on November 17, 2009

Flagpole surf


Over the weekend we finally had some epic surf around here. I procured a ride from Zak to the beach to catch a few on Sunday. It felt really good to get back in the water again.

The inside was a bit dumpy so I paddled about 300 yards offshore and caught an epic 7 footer. Just flying down the line on a ride that went on forever. What a great wave. I caught a few others but that made my month.

I almost dropped into a larger wave but thought twice about it after staring down a 10+ foot face wave. I wasn’t feeling that brave on Sunday, haha.

I walked back from the beach which only took about a half hour. Not too bad. Overall a decent day at the beach.

Busy Busy

Posted on November 12, 2009

Once again there’s been nothing really to write about other than being extremely busy. I picked up a client in Washington state that designs and constructions dental websites for dentists around the united states. It’s a solid gig though I’m not getting my normal freelance rate for them. It is consistent though which is something my current freelance client aren’t. So far I’ve designed four sites for them and built one and am in the process of building a second.

Weekends are fairly uneventful lately as it’s football season and the weather’s cooling off around here. Right now it’s only 68 degrees outside which is awesome. I just wish the rain would clear up so I could get out and enjoy it.

Last weekend was Vinny’s birthday and we were supposed to have a small get together but that fell through. Happy birthday anyway big guy. I guess we’ll all hang out again some time.

Halloween Photos

Posted on November 6, 2009

Halloween photos - Me, Jaime and Connor

After a week of the photos being up on Facebook, it’s time to share with the rest of you. Moonfest / Halloween this year was a great time. I spent a couple months putting together the perfect SWAT team costume complete with military boots, authentic SWAT team vest, airsoft gun, holster and helmet (though I didn’t wear the helmet out).

Lots of great costumes down on the street. My vest was packed with little airplane bottles of rum and vodka, a flask of Milagro and three Corona Light cans. No need to spend too much that night at all on Clematis.

Not sure when I made it home but I did, safe and sound. Here are all of the photos from the night’s festivities.

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    Even though I'm from Ohio I'm a die hard South Florida Surfer and beach guy. I picked up the sport over five years ago and never looked back. Any chance I get I'm in the water, which is sometimes rare considering that South Florida is fairly inconsistent with surf. Those days we do get are always a great gift.

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