Stardate 03202007.1028
This is Captain Mohr from the Federation Ship USS Voyager. The Borg Cube arrived in the Seattle area last Wenesday, about the same time the Borg nanoprobres went into my body and got me sick...and Lity and Tzayde too. I did all I could to not get assimilated by the Borg from coming home late to keeping a watchful eye for any signs of their presence to even turning into a tour guide to show Lity's friend around Seattle while she was sick. Well on the day that those nanoprobes kept me from going to work, the Borg arrived at the Star Station Igloo after having assimilated the residents of the Star Station Bucket.
They arrived with a bang. In the morning, I heard 2 of 4's voice and I knew something was wrong. I took a peek outside my window and there before me was a Borg Cube. All of a sudden I heard 3 of 4 and 4 of 4's voices near my door. All I could hear was: "We are the Borg, you will be assimilated, resistance is futile". I stayed in my bed and called for backup, but Adi's Intrepid Class Starship USS Southwest was in San Jose awaiting permission to depart and engage. Lity was out cold (literally with a cold... of nanoprobes).
I stayed under my bedsheets in my PJ's trying to make a run for it to the bathroom and then head out for safety of my Starship USS Voyager, but I was trapped. I could hear them everywhere. Then I heard the airlock open, I took a peak and saw 2 of 4 go to her Cube to retrieve a bottle of nutritional supplements for 4 of 4.
Then phazer fire erupted in the main deck. All I could do was listen. The little Borgs were everywhere running amok around the Space Station Igloo. Finally they departed around 1200 after having assimilated all they could get their hands on at the station.
I finally was able to get out of my quarters and look for any signs of survivors. There were none. My United Airlines Boeing 777-222 airliner model was destroyed after it fought back being assimilated by those little Borgs - 3 of 4 and 4 of 4.
Adi's Starship USS Southwest arrived two hours later...too late. I did however, manage to stay away and avoid direct confrontation with 2 of 4. Reports are coming in that the Borg Cube battle being fought at the Space Station Bucket is expected to be over by Tuesday, when the Borg are expected to be send back to the Delta Quadrant.
"Computer - End Transmission"
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007
Los Angeles Spring Break Update
Well now it's official, I will be in Los Angeles for Spring Break to meet with the opposing lawyers and their doctors (I can't believe I have to see those doctors a total of 3 times). So here is my flight itinerary:
SEA to LAX:
April 6
United 821
SEA-SFO
Dep: 7:54 Arr: 9:59
United 857 (Yeehaw, a Boeing 757-222!!!)
SFO-LAX
Dep: 11:07 Arr: 12:30
LAX to SEA
Apr 15
United 854 (double yaaayyyyy!!... another Boeing 757-222!!!)
Dep 3:51 Arr: 6:30
So I'll be seeing you all soon! I'll have a rental and a hotel reservation so everything is set! However, the flight itinerary is tentative, my lawyer put those flights on hold as soon as he got a call from the defendant's lawyers.
So this makes my day, I may have missed the Airbus A380-800 "Whalejet Junk" land at LAX today, but I'm so happy I'll have 2 Boeing 757-222s flights.
After this trip to LA, I think I will have reach my Los Angeles tolerance quota for this year!
SEA to LAX:
April 6
United 821
SEA-SFO
Dep: 7:54 Arr: 9:59
United 857 (Yeehaw, a Boeing 757-222!!!)
SFO-LAX
Dep: 11:07 Arr: 12:30
LAX to SEA
Apr 15
United 854 (double yaaayyyyy!!... another Boeing 757-222!!!)
Dep 3:51 Arr: 6:30
So I'll be seeing you all soon! I'll have a rental and a hotel reservation so everything is set! However, the flight itinerary is tentative, my lawyer put those flights on hold as soon as he got a call from the defendant's lawyers.
So this makes my day, I may have missed the Airbus A380-800 "Whalejet Junk" land at LAX today, but I'm so happy I'll have 2 Boeing 757-222s flights.
After this trip to LA, I think I will have reach my Los Angeles tolerance quota for this year!
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
The Hike Where We Learned Our Lesson
It was a year ago that my my friend Yury and I went on a hike that made all our friends scream and yell at us. Was it because of where we went? No, he and I would go hike anywhere and go into every little canyon and our friends knew we were pretty nuts. It was because of when we came back down from the Santa Monica Mountains near Malibu.
We went up a secluded road and park my car to the start of the trail. It was about 14.5 Km round trip and it was hot, but once we got to the top we had the ocean breeze blowing on us. At the top was a lake and Chumash Indian artifacts. There was only one thing we had to be concern with, that was Mountain Lions. We figured since we were hiking in a pair, if there was a mountain lion, it
wouldn't bug us and it would keep away. The only problem was Mountain Lions had been sited recently and with increasing numbers. So we kept our eyes and ears open for anything moving in the bushes. 
We were so into finding that lake and those artifacts, that we lost tract of time. We forgot the way back down was down the side of the mountain away from the sun so we would have less light to work with coming down. By the time we started coming back down, it was about 6:30 and we would have to walk down almost 9 km since when we got to the top, we made a detour. Well it started getting dark really fast and next thing we know we have barely gone 1/3 of the way down.
We had no flashlights or glow sticks. All we had was our cameras and cell phones. It was pitch black and we couldn't see a thing. So we got our ca
meras out and started using our flashes to give us light. Then we resorted to using our cell phones and opening them so that the light from the cell phones would gives us some light. We must have fallen and twisted our ankles about 20 times going down. Then the next thing we know, we made a wrong turn and ended up at the end of a steep cliff. Luckily we had been flashing our cameras to catch it. So we had to backtrack to go down the right way. By now, it must have been at least 8pm. Our cell phones didn't work so we had no way off calling anyone and telling them were we where.
As we kept going down the side, we would stop on our tracks because we could hear something moving along with us a few meters away. So we would flash our cameras into the bushes to freak out whatever was following us and I'm sure it wasn't a bunny or a coyote. Another concern, for me especially was rattlesnakes, since it was dark and a bit warm, that is a perfect time for those freaky things to come out and the last thing I wanted was to step on one and get bitten.
Well at about 9 pm we finally got to the bottom. Whatever had been following us, stop about 50 meters from the start of the trail and my car. We still had no cell reception till about Pacific Coast Hwy. Once we got there we both had about 15 missed calls and messages each. When we called back did we get an earful. It turns out not too far away, there had been a mountain lion attack and of course, It was late at night and they hadn't heard from us.
It didn't stop there, we got to our friends house and we got even more harsh words. Well, I can't blame them, what we did was pretty stupid. Plus we had bruising and cuts and scratches from falling down and falling in the thick bushes when we would loose the trail.
I still to this day don't know how we made it out of there that night, but wow, was that a learning experience.
I haven't been yelled at that badly by friends for a hike, but last summers hike up by the Stampeed Pass had some co-workers giving me an earful for having gone way out there near Mile Marker 74 off I-90 by myself where bear sitings are common in the summer (in the winter it's full of cross-country skiers and snowshoers).
Well, as spring is right around the corner and the snow is melting, I can't wait to go back hiking again deep in the woods, this time though, I'll be more careful and try not to loose track of time and do my best to find a hiking buddy.
We went up a secluded road and park my car to the start of the trail. It was about 14.5 Km round trip and it was hot, but once we got to the top we had the ocean breeze blowing on us. At the top was a lake and Chumash Indian artifacts. There was only one thing we had to be concern with, that was Mountain Lions. We figured since we were hiking in a pair, if there was a mountain lion, it
wouldn't bug us and it would keep away. The only problem was Mountain Lions had been sited recently and with increasing numbers. So we kept our eyes and ears open for anything moving in the bushes. 
We were so into finding that lake and those artifacts, that we lost tract of time. We forgot the way back down was down the side of the mountain away from the sun so we would have less light to work with coming down. By the time we started coming back down, it was about 6:30 and we would have to walk down almost 9 km since when we got to the top, we made a detour. Well it started getting dark really fast and next thing we know we have barely gone 1/3 of the way down.
We had no flashlights or glow sticks. All we had was our cameras and cell phones. It was pitch black and we couldn't see a thing. So we got our ca
meras out and started using our flashes to give us light. Then we resorted to using our cell phones and opening them so that the light from the cell phones would gives us some light. We must have fallen and twisted our ankles about 20 times going down. Then the next thing we know, we made a wrong turn and ended up at the end of a steep cliff. Luckily we had been flashing our cameras to catch it. So we had to backtrack to go down the right way. By now, it must have been at least 8pm. Our cell phones didn't work so we had no way off calling anyone and telling them were we where.As we kept going down the side, we would stop on our tracks because we could hear something moving along with us a few meters away. So we would flash our cameras into the bushes to freak out whatever was following us and I'm sure it wasn't a bunny or a coyote. Another concern, for me especially was rattlesnakes, since it was dark and a bit warm, that is a perfect time for those freaky things to come out and the last thing I wanted was to step on one and get bitten.
Well at about 9 pm we finally got to the bottom. Whatever had been following us, stop about 50 meters from the start of the trail and my car. We still had no cell reception till about Pacific Coast Hwy. Once we got there we both had about 15 missed calls and messages each. When we called back did we get an earful. It turns out not too far away, there had been a mountain lion attack and of course, It was late at night and they hadn't heard from us.
It didn't stop there, we got to our friends house and we got even more harsh words. Well, I can't blame them, what we did was pretty stupid. Plus we had bruising and cuts and scratches from falling down and falling in the thick bushes when we would loose the trail.
I still to this day don't know how we made it out of there that night, but wow, was that a learning experience.
I haven't been yelled at that badly by friends for a hike, but last summers hike up by the Stampeed Pass had some co-workers giving me an earful for having gone way out there near Mile Marker 74 off I-90 by myself where bear sitings are common in the summer (in the winter it's full of cross-country skiers and snowshoers).
Well, as spring is right around the corner and the snow is melting, I can't wait to go back hiking again deep in the woods, this time though, I'll be more careful and try not to loose track of time and do my best to find a hiking buddy.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Picture in Seattle PI
I posted a picture on Seattlepi.com thinking it would get lost with all the others, but right now, my picture (http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/myseattlepix/phototopic.asp?photoID=1003849) ranks 5th! If I could only get to Denny Creek I would go and take more pictures, but I'm sure the road hasn't been cleared of snow (plus I don't know if I want to go hiking alone in bear country, especially now that there isn't anybody hiking in that area).
If there is a break in the weather this weekend, maybe I'll go to Twin Falls or Wallace Falls and put my camera back to work after a two week break. Another possibility, snowshoe my way to Snowshed and Roaring Creek Falls. I bet they must look beautiful with all the snow there. If I go though, I better make sure it isn't snowing because I'm certainly in no condition to be putting snow chains on my car right now. Then again, it's probably better to go in late April. Last time I was there other than falling into the creek, it wasn't fun hiking after seeing fresh bear tracks on the side of the trail and constantly looking around me for a bear. I don't think a waterfall picture is worth becoming a teddy bear's snack.
On another note, I finally updated my lighthouse pictures and I put them on Flickr. I added two new lighthouses: the Point Robinson Lighthouse on Maury Island (Vashon) and the Fisgard Lighthouse in Victoria, BC.
If there is a break in the weather this weekend, maybe I'll go to Twin Falls or Wallace Falls and put my camera back to work after a two week break. Another possibility, snowshoe my way to Snowshed and Roaring Creek Falls. I bet they must look beautiful with all the snow there. If I go though, I better make sure it isn't snowing because I'm certainly in no condition to be putting snow chains on my car right now. Then again, it's probably better to go in late April. Last time I was there other than falling into the creek, it wasn't fun hiking after seeing fresh bear tracks on the side of the trail and constantly looking around me for a bear. I don't think a waterfall picture is worth becoming a teddy bear's snack.
On another note, I finally updated my lighthouse pictures and I put them on Flickr. I added two new lighthouses: the Point Robinson Lighthouse on Maury Island (Vashon) and the Fisgard Lighthouse in Victoria, BC.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
How Bad Can We Be?!?!?!?!
I can't believe I just saw the worst game the Kings have played this season against the Chicago Blackhawks. How worse can this season get? We got shutout 3-0 by Khabibulin, the ex-Kings goalie who couldn't stop a beach ball even if it was thrown at him by a 3 year old! His last shutout was when he was a King 3 yrs ago. Chicago doesn't even have a player in the top 10 in any category! We have at least 5 players! Two of them in the top 3!
Now the Kings and Chicago are in last place, but we have such a much better team. How did we loose when they only shot 18 shots at us? I'm getting tired of this. Every year we are supposed to be better, yet the last 4 season we always started off in 1st place for half the season and then the "Injury Bug Curse" would bite us and down the drain we would go out of the play-offs. I want to win now, no more of this rebuilding nonsense.
This was supposed to be a great year, a new coach with Stanley Cups, my childhood idol Ron Hextall as Goaltending Coach along with Bill Ranford, Rob Blake back, all this new talent and a solid defense. I think the only highlight this season is Anze Kopitar.
I'm tired of trading all these great players we manage to get our hands on and then they go off to win a cup somewhere else or to greatness. Want proof? Darryl Sydor and Phillipe Boucher; off to Dallas they went and they won a cup, Luc Robitaille and Mathieu Schneider; off to Detroit and they win a cup, Rob Blake; off to Colorado and he wins a cup, Alexei Zhitnik, Kimmo Timmonen, Ollie Jokinnen, Cristobal Huet, Manny Legace they lead their team or are near the top of their players standing. Then last week we trade Mattias Nordstrom!?!? What the hell are the Kings thinking of?!
The last time I truely enjoyed a season was when we beat Detroit in the first round and and came back from 3 game to 1 down in the playoff and we went off to play Colorado almost beating them in game 7. That was the last time I went to see every single playoff game ( I can still remember Amanda sitting shocked at her Red Wings while all of us in Staples were jumping up and down hugging and screaming in the Miracle on Figuerora Street). That's is what I want to see again.
Hopefully next month when I go to Vancouver they'll win a game. They better, after I drive and come back the same night to see a hockey game across the border!
Oh well, at least Baseball starting next month, hopefully the Mariners start winning...
and Go UCLA Bruins! Just win this championship so I can erase all the heartbreaking games I saw those years there.
Now the Kings and Chicago are in last place, but we have such a much better team. How did we loose when they only shot 18 shots at us? I'm getting tired of this. Every year we are supposed to be better, yet the last 4 season we always started off in 1st place for half the season and then the "Injury Bug Curse" would bite us and down the drain we would go out of the play-offs. I want to win now, no more of this rebuilding nonsense.
This was supposed to be a great year, a new coach with Stanley Cups, my childhood idol Ron Hextall as Goaltending Coach along with Bill Ranford, Rob Blake back, all this new talent and a solid defense. I think the only highlight this season is Anze Kopitar.
I'm tired of trading all these great players we manage to get our hands on and then they go off to win a cup somewhere else or to greatness. Want proof? Darryl Sydor and Phillipe Boucher; off to Dallas they went and they won a cup, Luc Robitaille and Mathieu Schneider; off to Detroit and they win a cup, Rob Blake; off to Colorado and he wins a cup, Alexei Zhitnik, Kimmo Timmonen, Ollie Jokinnen, Cristobal Huet, Manny Legace they lead their team or are near the top of their players standing. Then last week we trade Mattias Nordstrom!?!? What the hell are the Kings thinking of?!
The last time I truely enjoyed a season was when we beat Detroit in the first round and and came back from 3 game to 1 down in the playoff and we went off to play Colorado almost beating them in game 7. That was the last time I went to see every single playoff game ( I can still remember Amanda sitting shocked at her Red Wings while all of us in Staples were jumping up and down hugging and screaming in the Miracle on Figuerora Street). That's is what I want to see again.
Hopefully next month when I go to Vancouver they'll win a game. They better, after I drive and come back the same night to see a hockey game across the border!
Oh well, at least Baseball starting next month, hopefully the Mariners start winning...
and Go UCLA Bruins! Just win this championship so I can erase all the heartbreaking games I saw those years there.
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