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Heading up to The Crush today. Haven't curled in NorCal since the last Crush. I missed the Golden Gate Spiel this year, but luckily my team went and they brought me this sweet auction prize signed by Captain America, Vernon Davis.

Gotta go straight up VD style and dominate to continue our winning streak this weekend.

Oh, The Humanity!

Human Curling please meet Human Poutine.




Who knew Canada was so homo-erotic?

Summer Blockbuster 4

After taking a year off, Hollywood Curling hosted their Summer Blockbuster Bonspiel again, this time on 4th of July weekend in Valencia. For those of you who've never been the the Valencia rink, it's a great facility with a viewing area and a bar. It's great for curling and specifically bonspiels. Bonspiels and Dragon Punch.

This bonspiel is the most special for me, because it's my club and I got to help run it. I had a blast, and not just because Team Zissou won it, but because there were a ton of cool people and good teams from across the state and the west. (Who am I kidding, of course it's 'cause we won.)

Tough Call

I guess that conference call didn't go so well...

Maybe they should have Skyped.

OC Frost Spiel

The OC Curling Club is the newest of all the California clubs, and they've got all the enthusiasm needed to put on a great event. Just like other arena ice clubs, they're a bit handcuffed when it comes securing ice time at a reasonable price. So, we got a one day spiel jammed with games, shots, beer and pinatas.

Curling in California

There were 14 teams, and in order to minimize down time and maximize social time, the format became a points spiel with your three opponents predetermined. One point for every stone scored, one point for every end won, and six points for winning the game (three for a draw). With that knowledge, we forged ahead.

Less Than 5

Last year, Team Zissou went out to Wauwatosa for their five and under bonspiel. We faired ok, probably better than one would have thought we would at that time. See, your curling proficiency can be pretty well correlated to your curling age. That is, the number of years you've actually been curling. The longer you've been curling, generally, the better you are. Key word is generally. A prep school kid from Massachusetts probably has a better education than that kid from Pacoima who was in and out of gangs. Same goes for curlers who've played in the luxurious confines of a dedicated curling facility and those who've had to hustle it on ice that's used for hockey the rest of the week.

So, when MoPac decided to hold a 5 and Under bonspiel for region members, it was a great way to get newer arena curlers introduced to a bonspiel at their level. Perfect for me and my team since we fit squarely in that mold and have struggled to make it to event finals in other bonspiels we've played in (Club Nationals playdowns aside). I thought this would be an ideal spiel to play and go in expecting to win. However, for various reasons, the team balked, so The Face and I went up on separate teams.

Curling con Chile y Limón

En 2010, el equipo de Bond Girls y yo estuvimos en el programa de televisión local "Con Chile y Limón" enseñar al anfitrión a rizarse. La mitad del show fue el curling y fue bastante divertido. Lástima que la otra mitad fue la promoción de una terrible película de Carlos Mencia.

Además el hecho de que yo no debería estar en la televisión, el otro sacar de este clip es la joya cuando Jen presenta a sí misma. El oro puro.

Por lo tanto, ya que estamos a medio camino de los próximos Juegos Olímpicos, disfruta de este retroceso de los juegos de Vancouver!