The Big Chill

I have to blame my recent lack of posts on the fact that the heating system in my house is on the fritz and the mere act of exposing my fingers to the keyboard for an extended period of time is quite painful. Not to mention the fact that the numbness in my hands causes quite a few gramattical errors.

I think it's pretty clear now that my aunt has completely stopped giving a shit. Not to sound like a baby but i'm really painfully poor, cold and hungry. I know i'm an adult and all, but she's a WEALTHY adult with a JOB who could easily send the heat fixer guy over here and drop me off some groceries before she goes to work. I don't know what I did to garner such indifference?

Add to that, the fact that there hasn't really been too much to update lately. I've really been immersed in school and hospital work. I haven't missed a day in weeks and i'm really trying to keep up these good grades i've got going. Mid-terms are right around the corner!

Last weekend's respite came in the form of heading to damn near the Bronx to help my friend Vicky learn how to use her new turntables. She got a super good deal and is a quick learner. I was teaching her how to scratch and juggle and beat match a little. I still remember how excited I was to get my first tables when I was 16. Nothing like it. Luckily I had a great advisor in the form of DJ Platurn (www.djplaturn.com/)



That training session was followed by a $4 six-pack of King Cobra tall cans and a delicious torta from her neighborhood truck. Then me and my friend Oi Yin trekked back to Brooklyn where we got hammered at Bay's and crashed out. Only to be lovingly woken up by chocolate chip pancakes made from scratch. (I love you Bay)



Following that amazing morning a gang of us theatre hopped and caught "Quantum of Solace" and "Role Models" back to back. Both were surprisingly good and it was a perfect way to spend a hungover lazy afternoon...

And now i'm finishing off a week of hepatobilliary and gastrointestinal system testing. Advanced lower extremity positioning labs and patients who can't speak english flashing me their boobies.

This weekend I return to Boston with Casey to celebrate Leile and Kuau's birthdays. Watch Casey play in a volleyball tournament, and possibly get super high off of bottles and bottles of Robitussin :) TGIF!!

Past blastin'

I decided to search for an old blog I attempted to start over 2 years ago. Back when not everyone and their grammy had a blog. I found it too! I had called it "The drunken everyone" The title is an homage to one of the funniest and truest things my friend Abdul ever said. Allow me to regail you with the story...

Back when I was living in El Cerrito and DJ'ing on a semi-regular basis. I came home one night drunk with my two equally drunk friends Abdul and Leile. I had all my equipment to bring back in the house so I asked them to help me. I handed Leile an expensive reciever that I was planning on returning to Guitar center the next day. Leile proceeded to do the drunken, obvious thing and drop it on the pavement hard and cause dents and scratches all over it. I was fairly pissed and as I was yelling at Leile as to how he could do such a thing, Abdul interjects with, "Hey man...the drunken everyone makes a bad choice for all..."

Truer words were never spoken...my drunk ass should have known better than to trust Leile's even drunker ass with such a pricy piece of hardware. A group of drunkards will do nothing but make bad choices for each other. It's science FACT.

So anyway, I dunno, I was bored and thought i'd start a blog back then I guess. As you can tell it never got off the ground. But here today, seen for the first time ever i'm sure, I will reprint the only 2 funny posts out of 4 total. This should give you a nice picture of my life 2 years ago... Enjoy...


Pie-man strikes
September 28, 2006, 5:56 am
Filed under: first down beer
I drove up and down solano ave. today looking for a bakery to get a decent chocolate chip cookie at. No luck. You know what the best fuckin’ cookie ever was? The ones they gave us at lunch time in high school that were super huge and crunchy around the edges but soft on the inside. Oh man! I’ve been hella hungry lately, what the hell? I ate like 6 slices of pizza at work last night. That shit was gross too. It was Laval’s. That shit has a burnt crust and no sauce but it was free so I ate the shit out of it. Long story short: not drinking equals more eating. I took a 3 day drinking hiatus after a BBQ/80’s party super smash session helped me decide to end a 14 month bender to see if my head would become any clearer, and if I might be a little more cheery and active. It didn’t work. I’ve been eating junk food to keep myself busy, sleeping in later and i’ve been quite depressed today. I think i’ve reached the perfect balance in my body where as long as I keep eating just one shitty meal a day and about six beers then i’ll stay perfectly healthy forever. No need to stop drinking, right??




Swansons
October 1, 2006, 7:46 pm
Filed under: first down beer
I chugged an entire can of beef broth last night on a drunken dare for $15. Needless to say, it was a fun night. People aren’t down enough to do dumb spontaneous shit anymore. I felt I was making a stand for childish drunken antics. Oh yeah, my jerk ass friend payed me in dimes, adding insult to injury.


So yeah, there you have it. Have I changed much since then. No, I don't think so. I still don't think my friends are reckless and wild enough sometimes. And I would still probably drink a can of broth for ten dollars in dimes. That was Abdul's fault again by the way! :) It's great to have a snapshot of your ridiculous life to look back on. I'm glad I have a shit ton of old photo albums and diaries in storage.

Your mission today is to go do something totally spontaneous and possibly dangerous. If drugs, booze, or a moving car are involved you get double points.

CHEERS!


and DOUBLE CHEERS!!

Flux capacitating

Tonight my sober self from the past was kind enough to leave the porch light on for my drunk self from the future. Thanks past self!! You made it very easy to find my keys and the knob hole. It's good to know that SOMEONE has my back out there.

Also, I was out drinking with Bay and Casey tonight and I came really close to getting all emotional and admitting to both of them my undying love and the fact that if they weren't here with me, I would have dropped out of school and moved back home about 11 months ago.

I'll tell them some day...