Sunday

Woke up at 9 this morning. Put on some pants and went downstairs for some breakfast. Had my usual coffee and crossaint. Alex, the goalie, picked me up at 10:15 for the game today. We drove to a pueblo about 30 min away. Not a great team but we went down early 0-1. Then we had a penalty and Marcos hit the post. With 20 min remaining Jordan volleyed a cross out of the air into the corner. Quite beautiful and we salvaged a point. I started and subbed out 15 min into the second half. I played pretty well but I could improve. We really needed to get the whole 3 pts from that game cuz the team was weak but we'll regroup this week and work towards our next game.
Now I'm in a cafe near my house with internet. Something about this cafe always gives me a headache. Lotta smoke. Maybe thats it. Just catching up on the cyber world. It is amazing. When I go on my computer I have like 20 things to check. Its fun. Twitter, Digg, Facebook, Gmail, Espn, various sports and music blogs. Talk to yall soon

Weekend

Just got back from the Apple desk in a department store dtown. There is no repairing the ol ipod. And according to them its so old that there is no trade in value. So looks like im in the market for a new mp3 player. I did see something cool while I was there. It had music video and internet. Anyone have any advice on this subject? Im gonna look into that.
 But it was a beautiful day for biking. Cant wait till i get my next camera so that I can show you guys what I see every day. My bike ride to and from soccer is unbelievable.

Im excited for the game tomorrow. Ive started working out every day in the morning and then go to soccer at night. First week of this so my body is quite sore but Im sure itll get better quick. Team we play tomorrow won their first  game easily. I guess they have a impressive history. I hope we can get it together and play more maturely than last week. The guy who got the red card hasnt been at practice. If i was the coach I would have cut him there on the spot. Last night was a tough practice. And from now on I end my blogs with the music Ive been listening to:

Ive been having a good day. I woke up at 8:30. Well that wasnt a great part. I'm convinced Ariel was determined to wake me up with all the noise he was making. Then I spent two hours making calls looking for various opportunities. While I didn't find much I spoke with some nice people who have assured me that they will keep me in mind when opportunities arise. Its also good practice speaking on the phone in spanish. I've decided that when I speak with someone face to face we communicate visually a lot so the phone is a challenge. Then I went to La Rosa Negra, a bar/cafe/resteraunt thing to check on a little venture going on over there. The owner was supposed to be there but wasn't. The people there were wondering where he was at as well. So i read the newspaper with my dictionary in the 90 degree sun. I was gettin a little pale. Came back for La Comida. Ariel was planning on making a fish soup stew thing and he taught me and I wrote everything down so hopefully one day I can impress some girl. I went and got a bottle of wine for our meal with Mary Jose and met a cool Italian guy there who turns out lives in the same building. I think I might go to an Erasmus part with him and some friends tonight after soccer. Well thats all for now. The meal was delicious and now I am tired.

Forgive my sports/hockey rants but i just get all riled up and gotta let it out!
Let me say that I am psyched for the Avs season. I haven't been this excited for an Avs season since '01. No thats a lie. I still remember summer 2003. where I was when I heard not only would Peter Forsberg be playing with us but we had also aquired Paul Kariya and Teammu Selanne. In case you were interested I was at Victoria Beach. That was the beginning of the end for the dominant Avs. Expectations were high, and we the fans were gravely dissapointed with the results. For the pathetic years after, the organization has been giving their followers false hope time after time as they try to piece back together a championship team. And every year, expectations are failed. The people of Denver were living in a high that came from winning the Cup the first season we had a team. We expected nothing less.
Well this year is different. The many mistakes of the front office are behind us and instead of reminiscing about the glory days lets find pride in our new young Avs.
This year we play with the lowest expectations an Avalanche team has ever had and I for one am elated. No more dissapointments. I dont believe that any players on this Avalanche team are fit to be playing in the NHL but that kinda makes it fun. When you have nothing, there is nothing to lose. These young players have already proved in preseason and camp that they will work harder than their opposition. Their futures in the NHL depend on it. I hope Foote can teach his disciples a thing or two this year so that they will have the experience neccessary to carry on without tested veterans in the future. Stastny and Wolski had huge amounts of pressure put on them to save the organization and they failed miserably. I hope that they can find their places on this new team without all the pressure to win. Finally, I hope the loyal fans of Denver can have patcience with our newcomers and with results. Lets accept that we are the underdogs for once. That we most likely wont have a winning record. But lets watch our team develop and let us be a part of these development years instead of turning our noses up.

Just a thought as i was reading adrian daters article in the dp about footer. I see the decision of appointin foote captain less of an honor and more of a slap in the face to stastny. everybody thought that after stastnys rookie season he would take the role of leader and the face of the new young avalanche. well, after a mediocre injury plagued season last year it is obvious he did not live up to the organization's expectations. But Foote is temporary. How many years does the 38 yr old touch guy have in him? He is simply filling the void until Stastny matures to the point where he was supposed to be last year. While Adam may not be an NHL star any more, he is less of a dissapointment than the rest of our team last year.

So today I got my bike. It needs a new tire which im gonna get on Monday but besides that it gets me from A to B. I dont know how i lived without a bike though. I am really relient on. I think I was startin to get lazy cuz it was hard to get stuff done without transportation. Im still working at Picasso in the mornings but i dont know how long that will last because three people really is overboard for the amount of work we have to do. The other two guys have worked there for like 20 yrs and are close friends of the owner so ill be cut if needed. Im also doing some work at Ben's Inn now. Its a great situation because cuz im working PR and promotional stuff. I have a lot of liberty in the job so thats really nice. I can give certain discounts and I essentially create insentives to go there. Im also in the process of talking to nearby restaurants that would benefit from a realtionship with Ben's Inn. Thats keeping me pretty busy along with picasso and soccer. Till next time...

Worked this morning and then had a coffee and read the newspaper for a while. I was reading about how the gov is selling madoffs house for 6 million or so. If I was a journalist I think I would write a piece on Madoff with a different slant just for the heck of it.
i mean, i comprehend that he took a lot of money but it seems that thats as far as the media likes to go. then everybody gets all up in arms demanding punishment. this is my article's title:
MADOFF STEALS MILLIONS from people that will be recompensated by investment insurers who were responsible for checking the validity of the investments in the first place.
Its not like he beat up children and stole their money. The investors that sought him out had heard that they could make a lot of money if they disregarded the possibility that it was an illegal enterprise. The people that lost their money had no interest in checking the legality of their investments and didnt ask questions because they knew that they wouldnt like the answers. But back to my title, they are going to be repaid anyways because all of the investments were insured by companies who also knew that the validity of madoffs investments were questionable. and then the government profits by seizing his assets and selling them to the same people that were already compensated for their losses.
Oh and the article about the guy that killed the kid is on page 26 under the car advertisements.