The Phish Rumor Mill

There's been rumors flying around today about Phish reuniting and playing the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, VA on March 6-8, 2009. Let's all keep our fingers crossed.

As some of you know, Phish is one of my favorite bands. When they broke up in 2004, many of us thought that they were done for good and would never bring the magic back to life. So, needless to say, this news is incredible to find out. I hope the Merry Swankster knows what he's talking about.

Copy change: I meant to enter in March 6-8, not March 3-6.

Apartment Available in Jackson

For those of you in Jackson or moving to Jackson for the winter and are looking for a place, I know of a great apartment that's available in town. The address is 750 Powderhorn Lane, which is located one block away from the post office, the supermarket, and the bus line to/from the village (aka Jackson Hole ski resort). The apartment has:
* 2 bedrooms
* 1 bathroom
* 2 parking spaces
* A deck
* Extra storage

No pets. No smoking. $1300 per month, which includes utilities. It can come partially furnished or completely empty. A six-month lease starts on November 1st. If you're interested or have any questions, feel free to contact my friend, Carl, at carl.r.pelletier@gmail.com and tell him that I sent you.

Soccer

I'm playing soccer again. And, it feels gooood! Unfortunately, it's easy for me to forget how much I love the sport and all of its aspect. Whether I'm a player or a spectator, I really enjoy being around it.

As some of you know, I started playing competitively at a young age and was forced into a strict training regiment by my brothers and sister as we constantly played on the front lawn and honed my skills. Those were the days when I would get shoved into bushes by my brother because I wasn't low enough to the ground and protecting the ball well enough OR take a fierce shot to the stomach and lay on the ground gasping for air. Those were the days indeed!

Really though, I played seven days a week in high school with my club and high school teams and even played club soccer in college. I got engrossed in this year's Euro 2008. For those of you not in the know, think World Cup for only European nations. My team, Spain, prevailed this year with their youth, creativity and strong team chemistry. They were so much fun to watch.

My hope is to play soocer at least one time a week. Two times a week would be ideal. Whether it's in a pickup game or an organized game, I'll take it any way it comes because it's still so much fun running around, being creative with the ball, and schooling (aka beating in a stylish way) people not on my team.

I'm Back!

It seems like it's been forever since I made my last post. So much has happened in the past four and half months and I've had the itch to publish several posts during this time. Unfortunately, it just hasn't been a priority. We'll change that.

It's been so long that I don't even know where to start. Let's start where we left off. Skiing!

The weather is cooling down everywhere in the northern hemisphere. The leaves are starting to change color up north and in higher elevations. Laura and I bought our Kirkwood season passes last night. Yes, I said Kirkwood, not Jackson Hole. Spending another full season at JH is just not in the cards this season. I'm hoping to make a visit and reacquaint myself with its boundless extreme terrain at some point this winter.

Hold on tight for another post in the near future. I promise it'll be a small fraction of the time that was waited for for this post.