Surfing Ruined My Life

2012 came and went and what a crazy year it was.  The world was suppose to end just a few weeks ago, it didn’t.  A freak of a storm plowed through the town I grew up in nearly wiping  it off the map.  Here in Santa Barbara it was business as usual in a town where very little changes from year to year with the exception of population growth.  For me it was year that started out full of self hatred, which led to a serious period of self introspection and finally when all was said and done self actualization.

Last year was a big year for me as far as psychological and emotional growth as a person went.  For the first time in my entire life I can honestly say I am happy with myself  and comfortable with the life I am living.  Yes things are not the way I thought they were to have worked out.  Such is life.  If things always worked out the way planned I think I would be bored to tears. One thing I think anyone who knows me or reads what I write here is that Lisanti Land is anything but boring.  All I know is where I am at in life at the moment may not be perfect, but its good enough for me.  This year I am not making any resolutions instead I am going to just keep on trying to live well.

I thought I would do a little recap on my favorite posts here on SurfingRuinedMyLife.net from 2012.

Still Blowing It: Jan 24 2012
It had been a tough month following an even tougher year.  I was still working through tons of personal issues regarding Ade’s leaving.  Had some domestic turmoil thanks to a close friend getting himself into some trouble on the 1st.  I was losing a ton of money on my apartment not having a proper roommate.  As usual I fell for a bar girl and let that drag me down for way too long.  The renovations to the Palace were way more difficult then I had foreseen.  This post pretty much sums up my state in life at that time.

El Capitan, Need I say anymore?

Micheala’s Lisanti Adventure Tour: Feb 2 2012
She came she saw, she conquered.  Micheala will go down in history as the only guest to go as hard if not harder then yours truly.  This past summer I got my revenge out drinking her two fold. It was the Adventure tour that brought about the use of the term Lisanity describing my life and not some dumb basket ball player.

After we finished this bottle of wine we moved on to rum, then AMF’s, then we couldn’t remember.

#@$% Valentine’s Day: Feb 15 2012
Well this is not just one of  my favorite writings from 2012 but one of my best ever.  When I get on a good rant there is no telling to what extent I can go.  In this case it was an angry rhapsody against the dumbest holiday ever created add in naked sand sculptures, sexual frustration and of course plenty of masturbation references.

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t pretty much sums it all up

Clothes Make the Man: March 23 2012
A rant about my roommate borrowing my pea coat with out asking turned into a wild incoherent lesson in style.

My folks and I looking our best.

Food for Thought: April 25 2012
The metamorphosis continues.  Regardless of the many reasons I write here the most important one is just for me to get my thoughts, ideas, fears, beliefs, and realizations out of my head and onto paper or in this case the internet.  The best thing of SurfingRuinedMyLife.net for me is that I can see my own personal growth unfold before my eyes.  “Food for Thought” sort of builds on many of the concepts in “Still Blowing It”.  True to form both these works were spawned out of a surf session.

Bubble Time or Bubble Trouble: May 23 2012
You know that saying “make love not war”?  Well for me it became blow bubbles instead of blowing up.  In the midst of despair and confusion an old favorite past time was remembered and a new relaxation technique born.

A Saving Grace?:June 13 2012
Oh what a conflicting soul I am.  Here a constant theme of what to do with my life is explored.  Do I bail out on California and keep heading west till I get east to Australia or New Zealand.  Ultimately nothing was decided but I was pacified by a good session at the ‘Con.

International surfing Day Ought to be Called International Go F%&K Yourself day June 22 2012
Here I wrote a very funny yet angry commentary about my favorite made up holiday of the year. If you missed the sarcasm in that then maybe this work isn’t for you.

Happy International Surfing Day!

Dating in the Year 2012 July 19 2012
Not even the dating scene was spared in my rants.  In this writing I decided that adult dating was about as much fun as an old man’s figs.

Maybe if I looked as sexy as this guy my beach game would be better. Hold on a second isn’t that the dude my ex girlfriend left me for? hmmmmm

Living Life as a Junkie August 17 2012
Truth of why surfing ruined my life is revealed in a angry rant about bad surf conditions, kooks and over crowding in the line up.

Thank You Rincon October 16 2012
Courtesy of an amazing opening day at Rincon I was reminded that society and all its bullshit was not worth my time or worry.

There is nothing like really good Rincon.

We Certainly Could Have a Worse Lot in Life: December 16 2012
One of the last blogs of the year spawned out of yet another surf session hopefully will set the pace for a good 2013

Oh there is nothing like a good tube to set you straight!