Lazy Days

Yes - it has been awhile since my last entry. Just chalk it up to lazy days. I continued to strive for an 06 record of surf days in a row, and found rides every day between the 20th and 25th. Mostly at Tiburones with fun south early in the week, turning to wind swell mix at Second Bowl. Average waist to chest high with some head high and over head sets. Some memorable days with the boyz - The A-list remained stocked with the usual suspects, and graig - thanks for letting me cup your ass - I've got strong feelings sometimes. The Surf-a-whatever at Tiburones went off Monday, and I saw some great team surfing, ate good food, watched the paddle race, and witnessed a lot of groove. I was bummed to see that the paddle race was modified by removing the beer guzzling pitstops - the point is to get buzzed - not win a paddle race. Anyway - I guess it ended as it should - glasses filled many times. Good job to those who supported this year's effort, and take time to remember how it started. Surfed small waves most of this week - seems summer is really kicking in. Did the LB glide and rode the twin at knee high. The weather has been fine and today was no exception. Great beach day, the boyz having fun, and we even got to see a photo-shoot. The waves were real small - I took the SB out and I only stood-up once. No worries - still had a beautiful day. Of course, I went for a swim to get some real exercise. Hey - www.caveporn.com hasn't posted yet - so keep on checking. Within days we should see a new web site with Sharks Cave as the setting for some terrific shots of some beach beauties scantily clad. Flytrap tried to get into the action, but I think the girls were intimidated - thought they might get entangled in the velcro. All right. After the FBI broke into another scummy senator's office to get the goods on him, the congress finally woke up and got pissed. The executive is pissing all over us, they cried. Gee, since when. The repub leader, Fristing himself, says, "I think there's allegations of criminal activity, and the American people need to have the law enforced." Are you kidding - NSA program and Bush lying about it, signing statements that excuse the executive from the law, torture, kidnapping, holding people without process, leaks, intimidation, propaganda - the list goes on and on. How can anyone take these guys seriously, except when they're talking about nuking people. Check it out. The latest is that phone companies are giving info to Big Brother. But, BB and the corps are denying it - here's the twist. Contracting. Just like in the war zones, contractors are hired to do the middleman work. Good for corporations, maintains small government and big business, and keeps party donations coming. In the case of data - your information - probably more than you think - private firms are the cattlemen, rounding up the data - yea - cowboys - databoys. The data is then sold for a tidy profit to BB. BB can claim they didn't collect it, and the corps can claim they didn't give it to BB. The corps sell it to the corps who sell it to BB. The main player - check out ChoicePoint. It's all sold out. Stay connected with the small things, simple things - your family, friends, surf - everything else is sold out - we are as transparent as we wish our government was. Same for many around the globe. We may be trapped behind a wall, but we have our dreams.

I fear nothing, I hope for nothing, I am free. -Nikos Kazantzakis, poet and novelist (1883-1957)  ¶ 12:50 AM