Well, I'm going to Redding for a few days, leaving in the morning. I don't really have anything better to do the rest of this week and weekend. I'll be helping my dad out at some Red Cross thing he's doing. Oh well, I heard from him that there's free beer. Free beer and all the bottled water you can drink almost makes the 105 degree heat sound worth it. Meh, I haven't seen my dad for a few months so it'll be cool anyway. I'll be leaving around 10 or so and riding up with my mom. I plan on being lit for as much of this so called vacation anyway, good thing I'm not driving.
I'm planning on swinging thru Sac on the way back on Sun or Mon and that'll give me a chance to hang at least for a few with Frank and Amanda. I haven't seen them since they came down earlier this year so that'll be fun. Hang out in downtown Sac for a bit, maybe hit some bars, I dunno. I'm pretty broke atm, but maybe there'll be some Jameson left over from my vacation bottle and flasks of JD are cheap. I figure we'll get faded and wander around downtown for a bit. Whatever, it'll be good times either way.
I would say Viva la Roadtrip but I'm riding up with my mom and that's kinda the anti-roadtrip, so meh. Fuck it.
I'll post pics or something on Mon.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Fireworks by the bay...
I just got back from bartending at the All Star party in SF. Talk about nuts. I was expecting a baseball fan kind of outdoor mingle on the edge of the bay party, not a 5000 guest (including pro players), high rollers, searchlights and fireworks with like 5 live bands party.Hell there were prolly500 staff alone. Tickets for the party were $350 a head and the guests all rolled in tour buses and limos. Not exactly what I was expecting to cut my teeth on. All in all tho it was fun. I was working what they called a "full bar", but actuality they had like 5 liquors at each station, plus beer and wine. I rolled in at about 3:30, our actual check in time was 4:00, the staff for the 2nd company arrived at about 5:00 and we had 3 hours to setup before the party started at 8:00. It ran till 11:00 and closed up very fast. I was told that they'd been setting up for 3 days. 3 days for a 3 hour party, fucking crazy. Still free live music, catered dinner and all the bottled water and gatorade you could drink, you cant beat that. I can really dig this gig.
I did my server training on Sat, I'm now on my companies list for serving and bartending. I should really start having gigs roll in now. I'll be calling them when I get up to give them my schedule for the week. How it works is, we call each week with our availability and then they book us for gigs.
Blah, I need to get some gel inserts for my shoes. Standing on concrete for 7 hours really kills your feet and knees. I just had some cereal, it's like the only thing in the house right now. Now I'm going to drink some Knob Creek and finish my beer and go crash.
I did my server training on Sat, I'm now on my companies list for serving and bartending. I should really start having gigs roll in now. I'll be calling them when I get up to give them my schedule for the week. How it works is, we call each week with our availability and then they book us for gigs.
Blah, I need to get some gel inserts for my shoes. Standing on concrete for 7 hours really kills your feet and knees. I just had some cereal, it's like the only thing in the house right now. Now I'm going to drink some Knob Creek and finish my beer and go crash.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Yesterday was Independence Day...
I did nothing for the 4th of July this year. I had planned to go up to Crescent City for a few days to party with friends but didn't have the cash to go.
Yesterday was pretty much a wasted day. Tues night I had a wicked headache that just wouldn't go away. My mom gave me a Percocet to see if that would work. It did to say the least. Less then an hour later I was barely able to stand. I remember sitting back against the pillows on my bed (this was about 2:30am), the next thing I knew I looked at the clock and it was 7:30. I was still sitting exactly how I was five hours earlier. Total black out. It would have been fine, but it didn't feel like I'd slept at all and about 8:30 I fell asleep again. I woke up at 3pm.
I made some guacamole and bean dip and ate that with tortilla chips for dinner. My mom had also bought a cherry pie and I had some of that.
After dinner and dessert, she wanted me to make maitais, but we didn't have any pineapple juice. I ended up faking it and blending up something I'm calling West Coast Rum Punch. It's fairly simple to make. 1 can of fruit cocktail, 4 oz Barcardi light rum, 1 oz Bacardi 151, 2 oz Triple Sec, a splash of grenadine, a splash of sour mix and top with OJ. Blend that with ice and you have a tasty beverage. We got a little faded on that and I sorted and uploaded some pics for her while we talked about hallucinogenic drug use and the raver subculture.
My serving class at my staffing company got put off till Saturday @ 11am so I think I'll wander around Alameda today and take some pics. My cousin and her kids will be here thru Sunday, but they have a busy schedule of vacation shit that they are doing so I don't plan on seeing much of them. They arrived Monday night and spent a couple hours here on Tues. We all went out to dinner Tues evening, the 7 of them, myself, my mom and my grandma. It turned out ok, the children were far more well behaved then I had expected. We went to Pasta Pelican, a nice Italian place here in Alameda. Their food was excellent as always. I had the Fettucine Primavera con Pollo and enjoyed several glasses of fine Kendall-Jackson chardonnay.
I started going to the public library here in Alameda. I just finished Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk and Brave New World and returned them. Now I'm reading Nausea by Sartre. I'm enjoying it very much. After that I have some more Sartre, some Voltaire and A Scanner Darkly to read.
I've also started writing again. For those few who have read my work, you know my style. I'll probably post some stuff on here soon.
I've been on a margarita kick lately. I think I'll go make one to help me unwind and perhaps cook some hotdogs for a snack. I don't have a grill down here, but you can fake it pretty well in a skillet.
Yesterday was pretty much a wasted day. Tues night I had a wicked headache that just wouldn't go away. My mom gave me a Percocet to see if that would work. It did to say the least. Less then an hour later I was barely able to stand. I remember sitting back against the pillows on my bed (this was about 2:30am), the next thing I knew I looked at the clock and it was 7:30. I was still sitting exactly how I was five hours earlier. Total black out. It would have been fine, but it didn't feel like I'd slept at all and about 8:30 I fell asleep again. I woke up at 3pm.
I made some guacamole and bean dip and ate that with tortilla chips for dinner. My mom had also bought a cherry pie and I had some of that.
After dinner and dessert, she wanted me to make maitais, but we didn't have any pineapple juice. I ended up faking it and blending up something I'm calling West Coast Rum Punch. It's fairly simple to make. 1 can of fruit cocktail, 4 oz Barcardi light rum, 1 oz Bacardi 151, 2 oz Triple Sec, a splash of grenadine, a splash of sour mix and top with OJ. Blend that with ice and you have a tasty beverage. We got a little faded on that and I sorted and uploaded some pics for her while we talked about hallucinogenic drug use and the raver subculture.
My serving class at my staffing company got put off till Saturday @ 11am so I think I'll wander around Alameda today and take some pics. My cousin and her kids will be here thru Sunday, but they have a busy schedule of vacation shit that they are doing so I don't plan on seeing much of them. They arrived Monday night and spent a couple hours here on Tues. We all went out to dinner Tues evening, the 7 of them, myself, my mom and my grandma. It turned out ok, the children were far more well behaved then I had expected. We went to Pasta Pelican, a nice Italian place here in Alameda. Their food was excellent as always. I had the Fettucine Primavera con Pollo and enjoyed several glasses of fine Kendall-Jackson chardonnay.
I started going to the public library here in Alameda. I just finished Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk and Brave New World and returned them. Now I'm reading Nausea by Sartre. I'm enjoying it very much. After that I have some more Sartre, some Voltaire and A Scanner Darkly to read.
I've also started writing again. For those few who have read my work, you know my style. I'll probably post some stuff on here soon.
I've been on a margarita kick lately. I think I'll go make one to help me unwind and perhaps cook some hotdogs for a snack. I don't have a grill down here, but you can fake it pretty well in a skillet.
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