In the words of Brittany Favre...

So this afternoon while I was intently checking twitter looking for updates from AFA (more on that later) I saw a tweet from Brittany Favre (yes, I follow her, but its only because someone else showed her to me. I admit its a little weird, and can't really explain why I do it) that was titled "Life is good, Long time, No Blog." and I instantly agreed with her.

Life is good. And I haven't blogged in ages. 

I want to start by congratulating my amazing blugolds. They placed 9th in the nation at AFA. Best place since I think anyone can remember for the school, and an incredible feat for any team to achieve. If anyone can do it, its these guys, they have determination and drive like no one has ever seen. They set their own goals high, and they believe in themselves. I was so proud to be an alumni this afternoon at work as I saw UWEC in 3 finals. I kept talking about it, and none of my coworkers understood, but it didn't matter. They rock. 

So I moved to California about a month ago, and I love it. Last Friday I was sitting outside having a drink with my roommate's friends and realized that I was outside, surrounded by palm trees, little bonfire going, sipping on a cocktail. It's like I'm on vacation, but I'm not. It's an amazing feeling to be able to jog on the beach 3 days a week (thats right firecracker four, you better watch out because I'm coming for you) while the sun goes down. The sunsets are absolutely incredible here. 

Photo Credit: rcdb.com

And as I'm living on the west coast for the first time, you better believe I've already been to a few theme parks. Knotts Berry Farm was pretty lame in my opinion. Back quarter of the park wasn't even staffed the whole day and the rides were meh at best. Glad I only paid half price, and I don't feel the need to go back. Think I'll drive the extra hour and head to Six Flags Magic Mountain. Was lucky enough to head there yesterday to ride some of the baddest coasters on the planet. I'm serious about that as well. X2 is the first and only 4D coaster in the United States, and its also my favorite roller coaster overall. The cars spin independent of the train, which means one second you could be facing forward flying forward, and suddenly be upside down going backwards while the train drops 90 degrees. I was able to ride the coaster back in 2004 when I was in high school, and after riding it again yesterday I can gaurentee that the ride hasn't lost a step. I didn't know where I was when it was finished. Totally mindblowing. And they added fire. Bonus. 

Small side note, I hit 200 different coasters this weekend. Yeah, I'm a huge dork, but we all need hobbies. Also, Tatsu was amazing as well. #5 steel coaster. 

What can I say? I love powerful Stormtroopers.

Okay, back to things that are interesting to more people than me. Legoland (still theme parks, but I also work there, so it doesn't count) unveiled Star Wars: Miniland last week which look absolutely incredible. There are scenes from all 6 films made totally out of LEGOs. I was lucky enough to help out during the unveiling, which meant seeing members of the fighting 501st. For anyone not aware, the 501st consists of fans who dress up in incredible costumes from the Star Wars movies. I met about 10 Jedi (including Darth Maul and Qui-gon-Jin, who were chatting when I saw them, kinda funny) countless storm troopers, and a few rebels as well. Even Darth Vader made an appearance, but I didn't approach him. It's important to stay as far away from the force choke as possible.

Other than sweet dorky events, work is going pretty well. I'm learning as much as I can about California Labor Laws, and as it turns out, there are a ton of them. Way more than I thought, so it's kind of important that I learn them. So I'm not at fault for a lawsuit or something. Yeah.

Proof that I should have netted by 3rd BoC.

I'm not sure what else to blog about to be honest. I know I've got opinions about stuff. For example, last week on April Fools woot.com had one of their vintage Bag of Crap April Fools jokes. Where they make all their fans insanely mad trying to win a Bag all night long. This years joke was a flash game that didn't really work for the first 6 hours or so. You needed to beat a certain level to win a bag, but when I beat level 4 when all I needed was level three I was not awarded my bag.

What I really don't understand about the whole thing is the amount of people that were upset that woot's servers, which constantly crash whenever a BoC goes up for sale, would work better during this game. It's April Fools, and whether or not the game was designed to crash, it was pretty funny to read the comments. :)

I'll do my best to blog a bit more in the future, and not just about myself. There are other things going on in the world that obviously my opinion thrown onto the interwebs as well, so look out for that.