Anyone that knows me, knows I can get intense, focused and downright
lost in my own world. I have been that way lately. I have become wrapped
in my world of work and it has been great!!!
In January I started with the ad agency VitroRobertson and have
been enjoying it immensely. They are located downtown which I love –
close to home, less gas and just getting to work downtown again is great,
especially with the new chariot in my hands. Freelance work has been a blast
as well. My free time has been NIL but my cash intake, much better.
It has allowed me to catch up on some bills and plunk some money down
for the car.
This Summer looks to be a GREAT one!!! A lot of fun shows(Less than Jake,
Rock the Bells, The Police / Foo Fighters, Warped Tour), MoviesSpider Man,
Harry Potter, Knocked Up, Super Bad, Live Free or Die Hard,
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry), CD’s (NIN – “Year Zero”,
Chris Cornell – “You Know My Name”, “White Stripes – “Icky Thump”,
Beastie Boys – “The Mix-Up”), throw in the Padres, the Track & Comic-Con….
F@#K, I’m going to be busy!!!
Life is good & so am I.
-Your high school had a surf team
-You can correctly pronounce Tierrasanta, La Jolla, Rancho Penasquitos, San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, and El Cajon
-There are four distinct seasons: Summer, Not Quite Summer, Almost Summer, and Oh Hey Look Its Summer Again
-Chula-juana is a real town
-Your house is worth more than some small countries
-You know what MB, OB, and PB stand for
-Every street name is either in Spanish or Spanish related, and you're surprised when other areas don't have this
-You can determine the accuracy of someone's "i'm ghetto" claim by knowing their high school. For example, Lincoln, Crawford, or Morse
-You see weather forecasts for four different climate zones in the same county, and aren't remotely surprised. The Micro Climate Weather
-You've gone to Mt. Helix in July and known you still need a jacket
-You've tailgated at Qualcomm Stadium, and for bonus points, also tailgated when it was Jack Murphy Stadium
-You have a favorite- the WAP or the Zoo
-You've been on a field trip to see an Imax movie at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
-You still call it the Del Mar Fair
-You say "i'm going to the track" and people know what you mean
-You understand what May-Gray and June-Gloom is
-A famous skateboarder/surfer lives in your town
-There's a North County, a South County, and an East County but no Central County
-"Mossy Nissan! Mossy Nissan! Mossy Nissan Moves You!"
-You know what it means when a girl in a short skirt is walking on El Cajon Blvd
-You've gotten stuck in the Horton Plaza parking structure traffic after a Padres game
-You know what "The Merge" is, and will plan your entire day around not being on it during rush hour
-You know the difference between Clairemont Mesa, Kearny Mesa, and Mira Mesa
-You've gone to Sea World on a warm day and sat in the first few rows at the Shamu Show to get cooled off
-You've been delayed at the Border Checkpoints on the 5 and the 15
-There are more bands than people
-Your house doesn't have air conditioning
-Everyone has their favorite beach
-No matter what the weather is, there is always someone walking around in a t-shirt, shorts, and flip flops
-You live on, near or are surrounded by hills
-You hate tourists and their bad driving.
-You have family and or friends that have moved to Arizona
-You used to, and sometimes still do ride the carousel at Seaport Village
-You know someone who doesn't own pants
-You know what Santa Anas are, and that they have literally nothing to do with the city of Santa Ana
-If the menu doesn't have California burritos on it, forget it, its not real mexican food
So, this last Saturday night comes up and I feel like doing a
“boys night out” since we haven’t done one in… well, FUCK, I can’t
remember the last time. Anyways, I put the all the regular calls into
the people that - A. are Single, B. Live close enough, and
C. Can actually go out starting at 9 or 10pm
(instead of going to bed at that time).
Unfortunately, that list has become rather short in my old age.
Spork – out. Philly – out. Beat Dave – out. Neighbors – out.
I sit in my living room scratching my head going “Shite, I might be
in alone tonight”.
Then I go through the list of bastards, excommunicated friends
& losers that NEVER go out.One such person is Chazz which I had all
but given up for dead, not talking to him since last June for his
Birthday. I throw him a text out of the sheer curiosity of his response.
Sure as shit, I get a text back – He’s DOWN!!! So I tell him to be at
my place at 9pm. We have a tall Captain (Arrrrgh!!!) at my pad,
talk about the last 9 months and head over to my local watering hole –
The Bluefoot (or as I call it the Clubfoot). I really love that
place though. Good, strong drinks that are not hard on the wallet.
As I partake in some cocktails, Chazz decides to GO BIG his first
night out in a long time – 4-5 Bass Ales along with 3 shots of Jaegar,
topped off with that first Captain at my house.
Needless to say we were both quite loose and lubricated well into
the evening. Even ran into my old neighbors Kurt & Kristen (the owners
of Frock You). Played some pool. Watched Chazz work the room with the
grace of a leopard (a drunk leopard, that is). By 1am I was ready to
roll my happy ass home, but he had other plans – beer goggles in full
effect. Sure there were some very NICE ladies in there but not this one,
considering the last thing she told him before we left was that she had
a Boyfriend.
We leave when the lights are on and they are telling us to get out.
We walk (well, I walk – stumbles) back to my place. I know there is NO WAY
he will be driving home that night. He sits on the couch and tells me
“the room is spinning”. I give him some water and he won’t drink it.
I say “You want to go to the bathroom or a bucket” as I was walking in
with the bucket he says “The bucket sounds like a good idea” and proceeds
to hurl for an hour, pass out, then roll into my bathroom to dry heave for
another hour. GOOD TIMES!!!!
The next morning – we both look like crap since I barely slept and
he looked like Death shit in his mouth.
I’m ready for another night out…
