WELCOME

I find it fitting that for my first post here, I have to use the title of "WELCOME."  For those that have been to the Oakland Coliseum (pre Mount Davis), there was a sign just left of center field that said "WELCOME" and below listed all of the A's World Series Championships and AL Championships.  Quite intimidating right?  I am not sure what this blog will consist of, but I do know that there will be plenty of sports related things here including my beloved Oakland Athletics.  I may rant or just talk about life in general from a positive perspective.  I am really not sure, but I welcome you all along for the ride.

Oct. 3, 2012 - A's Celebrate 2012 AL West Crown
Photo taken from RF Bleachers Section 149

So you are probably wondering why Sniff Optimism?  Well for years now I have always believed in the power of being optimistic in any situation, whether it be in life or while rooting on your favorite team or player.  I am pretty sure that you have heard of people talking about "Overcoming Adversity" in their lives and that is what Sniff Optimism is.  Sniff Optimism is the ability to overcome adversity even in a situation where a miracle is needed or all hope is lost; a long shot bet it could be so-called.  When you believe in something that no one else believes in; that is Sniff Optimism and it lives greatly, hence the motto "Sniff-Optimism Lives"

So who am I?  Well I am glad you asked!  I am an Asian American male born and raised in the San Francisco East Bay Area.  I went to school at the University of California, Riverside majoring in English and minoring in Economics.  I am a brother of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.  I am a die hard Oakland Athletics baseball fan and my dad has taken me to games as long as I could remember.  He was a season ticket holder in the late 80's/early 90's and I have been a season ticket holder since the 2011 season.  It took me a while to become a season ticket holder, because I thought I had to buy the entire season, but I finally figured out I didn't need to.  In the Coliseum, I tend to sit all over the place, but most games you will find me in either Section 216/217 or the Right Field Bleachers.  I tend to take a ton of photos as I am also the league photographer for an Oakland Kickball League.  The photos that I will be posting here on the blog are all mostly mine.  I am also known as Sniff009 on twitter and I was the one who took the photo of the "One Man Dog Pile" and sent it over to Brandon McCarthy, which ended up going viral on the internet.  I am also a die hard fan of the Golden State Warriors, San Francisco 49ers and San Jose Sharks.

This blog is also not my first blog ever.  I had a blog on Xanga under the same Sniff009 name and I think it may still be around.  I also used MyDearDiary, and before you laugh at me and take my man card, I was able to meet an awesome online friend I hope to meet one day.  She helped me through a whole bunch of relationship advice and other life related things when none of my friends were up at 2am.  I also helped her as well, so thank you even though we are half a world away.  While I am on thank you's, I want to thank my friends for convincing me again to blog and you know who you are.  Getting me to blog again took a ton of prodding, but I am finally here!

I hope you enjoy this blog and WELCOME!