July 1st is tomorrow. I can't believe half the year has already gone by...
I wish summer could last forever. Everything seems so much nicer when it's warm and the sun is up from 5am to 9pm.

"I didn't gay park it."

This is ha-ha AND ironic funny.

Doing good for my community

I'm on the Environmental Commission in my town. We're trying to build a Maritime Forest where there now is an old, nasty looking lot. One of members birthed and submitted this idea to the Pepsi Refresh Project. Now, I don't drink Pepsi but I'd sure take $25K from them to help get this much-needed project off the ground. Please go vote for us and vote often. It would be an immense help. Thanks so much.

All -

Our Maritime Forest Idea has been accepted for the Pepsi Refresh Project
for 25 K and voting is open. We are currently in 182nd place and need
DAILY votes to get funding. Please vote at

http://www.refresheverything.com/howyoudunebradleybeach

Help a girl live our her dreams

Please mosey on over to this link and help a sister out.

Sssshhhhhhhhhhh. Keep it down; you're making quite a racket.

But I thought it was tomorrow...

Well, today was my last day of school.

I wasn't expecting it to be today... it was supposed to be tomorrow and I wasn't mentally prepared for it to end like this - so abruptly.
After saying "farewell" to my favorite teachers and "see you" to my school friends it felt really strange knowing I wouldn't be going back there again and somewhat anticlimactic. I still have one paper left to write and then I'm really, truly done.
I thought I would be much more excited but I'm chalking my lack of enthusiasm up to the dreary weather we're having today.

I can't believe it's over - Just. Like. That.

I guess I should be shouting, "LOOK OUT WORLD, HERE I COME!!"

LOOK OUT WORLD, HERE I COME!!!

How's this for the front of a business card?

I think this is going to be the image on the front of my new Massage Therapy business cards. I like how it says "Make Contact"... and since that's what you do when you massage a person and I also love surfing I thought it would be a good fit. What do you think?

Another week, another storm

This is the third week in a row we've had a snow storm.
The fourth storm in five weeks...
If it weren't for living three blocks from the ocean, I'd think we were residing in Vermont not New Jersey.


Yesterday - Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Today - Thursday, 27 January 2011

Snow & Destroy

From Shana - Frankford section of Philadelphia.

Shot by BD

Brrrrrrrrrrr

1 January 2011 - First ever BB Polar Bear Plunge. Paul, Matty, Bryan, & Ollie.
Outdoor temperature - 35ºF
Water temperature - 42ºF
Time - 8am
Tide - LOW @ 10.56am


Way in.


Way out.

Cheers to a new year!

Best wishes to all for a prosperous, healthy and joy-filled 2011!!



(and may you get much less than 30+ inches of snow in a single storm this winter!)

Peace on earth and goodwill towards all...

Matty @ The Lake

Quite some time ago.

Ooph! Did this month (or year for that matter!) fly by or what?

the season of giving

While in school this year I'm not working full-time (hardly part-time while I think about it). This puts quite a pinch on our general, everyday budget and more so on our holiday expenditures. We'll need to be creative in our approach to gift giving and one such way is by making donations.



One charity I've already contributed to is called charity: water.
charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. 100% of public donations directly fund water projects.

Here, a little bit of money can go a long way and you can feel extra good about your offering at the same time.

Happy Holidays!

If you can please spare it...

Another earthquake and tsunami has struck Indonesia...

The 7.7M earthquake, which triggered a tsunami that has been recorded as being up to six metres (20 feet) high in some villages, struck 17 days ago at 9.41pm on Monday night 25 October.

The latest report from the Indonesian Government says that 447 people have been killed, 57 are missing, and 173 are seriously injured. More than 15,000 people have been displaced from their homes and are living in temporary shelters, many on the hills above their villages as they fear another tsunami.

As of 11/11/2010 -

SurfAid completed the first phase of our Emergency Response for the Mentawai Islands which has concentrated on assessing the immediate needs of the affected communities and distributing food and non-food assistance. We now move into two new phases of Recovery programs which will last until the end of October 2011.

For anyone that reads my blog will know, I am a HUGE supporter of SurfAid International. I get frequent email updates about what's happening in the Mentawai and what SurfAid is doing to help.

If you can spare it, please consider making a contribution. As you can see from the photo above a mere $2 will buy someone a hygiene kit. That costs less than a fancy coffee drink from Starbucks and will go so much further.

Mahalo.

For Jeff & Ben...

As usual, I was listening to the Leonard Lopate show on WNYC while driving home from school today. Among the many topics covered relating to Veteran's Day, the segment "Backstory: The History of PTSD" with directors/producers John Alpert and Matt O'Neil really stuck with me. You may know Alpert and O'Neil from their HBO film "Baghdad ER" - they're back with a new film, "Wartorn 1861-2010" which premiers on HBO tonight. The film chronicles and discusses the history of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, more commonly known as PTSD - given how suicide rates among service members is still (horribly) on the rise, this film could not have come at a more critical time.

You may find a link to the broadcast of the interview by clicking here.


I urge you to watch this film and to also please educate yourself about PTSD and what you might be able to do to help a veteran in need.

Trailer

In gratitude. Mahalo.

pretty nifty

I saw this on A Cup of Jo - it really does work!

Brooklyn, May 2010

Unmade Beds

I was invited to have a photo in a project called "Unmade Beds".
Please click here to check it out.

As promised... It's about damn time, right?!

Photos from the past six (or so) months. Has it really been that long since I've worked on images? I guess that's what happens when you give up your full-time job and go back to school.

Starting most recently and working backwards...



Photos from Labour Day weekend. Please click here to see more...


Jetty's Coquina Surf Jam. Please click here to see more...


Johnny Laidlaw art show. Please click here to see more...


"Singlefins, Boardwalks, And Story Talks: An Evening Of New Jersey Surf History" Please click here to see more...


Punk Rock Bowling, Las Vegas. Please click here to see more...


Our awesome trip to Hawaii, waaaaay back in April. Please click here to see more...

I'm pretty sure that covers everything I've been promising to post. I hope you enjoy the views.

Final final - I've now completed my first part of school

I'm happy (and quite proud) to say I got a 95 on my Anatomy & Physiology final exam today. I'm so relieved!!! I didn't think I'd do well on this test and I said if I got an "A" I'd do cartwheels down the hall at school. I better practice those over the weekend - a few of my classmates are going to hold me to my declarative statement.

YAY!

Now on to Anatomy & Physiology II.

Two finals down, one to go...

I took my Swedish Massage finals today.
Results:
100 on my written exam
98 on my practical/hands-on exam

Pretty kick ass, dontcha think?!

Thursday I have my Anatomy & Physiology I final exam.
That one I'm not so confident about. I hope I do as well as I did on my Swedish final.

Please send me good vibes so I can get another A!!

I have to go study now...

Tooting my own horn

Wednesday, 25 August 2010 -
I surfed in the 2nd Annual Coquina Jam by Jetty on LBI. The contest was held at 68th Street - Brant Beach. The waves were a decent size and it was great to surf with all the talented women.

Here's a shot of me by Alex who works for my friend Ann Coen (who also surfed). The photo is pretty rad even though I didn't surf well at all. Still, it was so much fun and I'm looking forward to redeeming myself at next year's contest.