The Lars cometh and the Lars goeth. It has been a crazy 2 ½ days for myself. Joel came to visit on Tuesday and we packed in a lot of good times. Let’s start from the top. Joel was maybe going to come on Monday night, but he did not. So Tracey and I went and saw Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. I have not fully decided yet what I think about it, except I saw Sam Rockwell’s butt way too much. So then Tuesday arrived and so did Joel, around 11:30am. We were both hungry so went down to OB to eat and get a look at the surf. Waves from 2 to 4 feet, clean breaks, good for beginners, like myself. So we got some Mexican, talked and enjoyed a quiet, sunny day in OB. We went back to my place and get our boards and wetsuits and headed back to OB. I think we were out for about 2 ½ hours, maybe 3. It was great to get my first real session in, although I still did not really ride a wave like a true surfer, it was great to be out there. I did get messed up many times, pearling my board and sending myself into the water hard and fast, that does not fell good. Let me just say, towards the end of the session, my arms were on fire and almost numb because they were so warn out.

We called it a day around 4:30 and headed back to get cleaned up for the big UK vs. Florida game. Joel and I headed out to Sports City in La Jolla to watch the game and to get some food and drinks. Good game, UK blew them out and we were in good spirits. We next headed down to Old Town to go to Hemingway’s to have some cigars. There is a primo spot at Hemingway’s by a fire place, and after waiting this one dude out, we got that spot, and all was right with the Universe. We headed home around 10:30, hung with Tracey a bit before she went to bed. We then tried to watch come Lebowski but both fell asleep pretty quick. It had been a long day of activity. This day is in the top three best days since we have moved out to SD, and I’d say definitely top ten days of all time for me.

I went in to work early on Wednesday so that I could take off a bit early and get another surf session in with Lars. We agreed to meet back at my apt @ 2:30. Joel spent his day studying in OB and relaxing. We first went up to Mission Beach, but the waves sucked, and the life guard kept yelling at us because we were in the “swimmers” section of the ocean, even though there was not a single swimmer out there, idiots. So we headed back to OB and had another good session with some better waves. I pearled three times, and it gave me a huge headache. Joel called me a baby. Let me also mention that surfing kills your arms, neck and back. At this moment, I feel like complete crap, like I have the flu, but it’s just sore muscles. I guess I’m out of shape a bit. We surfed till about 5ish and went home, got cleaned up and went downtown to eat dinner. We ended up going to the Field, and it was as good as always, except for this weird couple that was next to us that kept staring at us, oh well. We walked around a bit downtown and went to Urban Outfitters, then headed back home to drop Tracey off.

After chillin at home for a bit, Lars and I headed back out to the Casbah to see Switchfoot. They were cool in their own way, but they a little too much of a Campus Crusade vibe going, no offense. They are a little cheesy and over the top. I actually had to leave for the last 4 or 5 songs cause I just couldn’t handle it. There were a lot of chessy looking people there as well, probably Christians by the look of them :). By the end, I was so tired. Lars and I had an epic run of suring and chillin. It was great to have him down for a visit. Lars said he enjoyed the visit. After many hugs and tears, he left this morning, but alas, we will be going up to San Fran valentines day weekend, so we will not miss him too long. I think I will be going low key this weekend, since I basically just had my weekend in the middle of the week. I will have to do some work this weekend to make up for some lost time this week. Later.