I'M LAME, I KNOW.

I know I've been lacking on my posts lately. Problem is I don't have time to write a whole post when I'm at my computer, nor can I focus enough to come up with something to write. At night, when I'm climbing into bed, I come up with all sorts of topics I can write about so why is it I get a block when it actually comes to writing?

So here are a couple of topics:

Went to a Padres game a few nights ago. They lost. But the good news is it was free. As we were standing in the 30 minute long line for tickets, this lady came up to me and offered the tickets she wasn't going to be using - for free. Cool. Beer was still ridiculous though. I went to grab a couple of them and noticed that "domestic" was $7.25 and "premium" was $7.75. I asked what premium beers they had. "Michelob Ultra" was the response I got. WTF?

Went to the horse races yesterday. Always a good time. I lost my ass. Well, not literally - my ass is still firmly fixed to my backside, but much money was spent. I figure I paid for the gloating bitch next to me that kept winning. My buddy Cooper should have come along because everytime I'm losing, he wins and Vs. Vsa. At least I can laugh when he gloats, because I know he'll buy the drinks the rest of the night. THEN who's laughing???

Apparently its gay-pride weekend here in SD. The manager from the dyke bar next door came over last weekend to give us fair warning. She said "You might want to run for the hills." I said, "We're in the hills." She said "Run further!!". I had to park my car about a quarter mile UP the street, so I guess she was right by default.

Everyone knows I'm not much for political correctness, so I'm going to rant for a second. What is this with Gay-Pride anyway? What if I organized a Straight-Pride weekend? I would be labeled as a bigot or a bible thumping right-winger despite the fact that I'm not. There would be utter outrage throughout the land. Same if I organized a White-Pride weekend. Or an "I Love Steak" weekend. Really, I don't care that they have a rally weekend. It doesn't really affect me other than parking. It just bothers me that I can't organize something I'm proud about without massive ostracism being a straight white male from the upper middle tax bracket.

I woke up with a song in my head that I wanted to listen to. Unfortunatly, my iPod was wiped out a few weeks ago and it was lost along with several others that have been hell trying to recover/recreate. I've learned the hard way to make back-up CDs. Luckily, Lissa Ann has offered to send me some CDs to fill in the missing gaps. (is there such a thing? how can a gap be missing? isn't a gap nothingness? Discuss amongst ya-selves.) Anyhow, Lissa Ann rocks for that.

The Astros continue a streak of kicking ass. They now are in the lead for the NL Wild Card, but I don't think they'll need it, because at this rate they should be able to catch up with St.Louis. We'll, maybe not. Unless Pujols gets hit by a bus.

What else?

Oh! Was out last night and there were four women sitting around the bar accross the isle from the table my buddy and I were sitting. As usual, we were taking inventory of the options. He said "The one closest to us- the old one, she's really wanting you to talk to her." I said, "Dude, she's not old- she's our age, and you haven't accepted 'our age' yet." Him: "No way. She's a lot older." Me: "No. I guarantee she's within a year or two of us!" Him:"I'll go check". A few minutes later he came back realizing, the hard way, that "Excuse me, exactly how old are you?" isn't a real wise opening line.

A little while later he looked at me and busted out in a full, gutt-busting, hysterical laugh. I chuckled and asked "WTF?" He pointed directly behind my head where a sign read: "This seat is designed for people with special needs." Where is the camera when I'm sitting in the retard seat?

That's all I got.

QUICK FACT

Just wanted everyone to know that the Astros have won 16 of the last 18 games as of this time today. Yesterday they scored 7 points, 5 of which were home runs.

They kick ass.

BOTTOMS UP!

Friday night I found myself tricked into going to a couple of clubs with a big group of people. I hung in there, but I really didn't have a whole lot of fun. My buddy the model hooked up with the village bicycle - I was going to warn him as was a couple other guys - but all individually decided to just let things take shape, he's an adult. He regretted it in the AM, but oh well...

Saturday was pretty laid back as usual. That was the day I instituted a "flip-flops only" policy for myself for the rest of the weekend. And being the stubborn ladd that I am, I stuck to it -and it worked, damn it! While most of my friends were planning to go downtown and most likely do the club circuit again - I disented and opted for a cool little place I found a few weeks ago. Two girls that I'm friends with called and were up for it too. So the three of us hung out until almost close and had one of the best times I've had here. I have a feeling I'm going to become a regular at this place, because it has a really comfortable feel to me. Stays busy, but never too crowded and the ratio of girls/guys is favorable for everyone, which is good. Most importantly, I can wear my flip-flops!!

Not uncommon, I returned to the house where I found half of the club the "clan" went came back to have an after-party. So I totally won! I hung out at a cooler venue, drank for half the price and no lines or cover charges AND ended up partying with everyone within footsteps of my bed that I could stumble to at will.

The only downside was that nobody got nekkid in the hot tub. At least as far as I recall...

WHY DO I ABUSE MYSELF??

I just wanted to go home last night. Thats all. So why am I so hung over today??

A buddy I grew up with came into town Tuesday night. He's a model and has spent the last 2 years skipping around Europe and Asia doing photos and commercials. I would like to say he's dumb as a box of rocks, or immature, or something else that makes me feel better because when we go places he steels my thunder. But he's none of those things. He's super cool and its good to see him.

We started out at a rooftop bar downtown last night. Then we went to a nearby Irish Pub. Then we hopped to a killer neighborhood bar on the outskirts where we kicked ass in pool, and got really shitty. Left there around 1am and decided going to the lesbian bar next door would be a great idea. We had a lot of fun there, but for some reason I also thought it would be a good idea to flirt with the hot asst. manager. I think she was amused, but I wasn't getting anywhere. Damn it!

911

Does anyone watch Rescue Me on the FX channel?? Seriously the best series on TV right now. I'm not just saying that because of the whole firefighter thing, because they really don't focus on tactics too much, which is fine because Hollywood always fucks that up anyway, so why bother? Dennis Leary is classic. The other actors are great as well, but the writing is fantastic!! The realism in the firehouse is on target, with the hazing and sarcastic ribbing and the implied heirarchy of the crew. Also, the family life is realistic. Its not impossible for firefighters to have great relationships with their significant others, but its often hard.

One thing that is great about the show is that they don't hold back on swearing or sex and they throw the middle finger at political correctness regularly. Its about time someone had the balls to create such a show on cable television. If you haven't seen it, check it out. It airs on Wednesday nights and re-runs several times through out the week.

ONLINE (R)EVOLUTION

Has anyone ever posted anything on Craig's list??? Come on, don't act stupid. Of course you know what Craig's list is...

Someone told me about it several months ago and when I'm really bored I'll check it out for a few minutes of entertainment. I've been told that if you are looking for work, it is a great resource as a lot of HR people have favored it over other websites with employment features. I don't know. Thats just what I've heard. I'm sure the personals are the major draw for most people. I have a friend who has now "met" (read: hooked-up) with a couple of girls off Craig's list. Have you seen some of the tag lines for people's posts? Maybe its me, but most don't instill a whole lot of confidence. Its kind of like chat rooms - I've never been cool with them because I'm such an untrusting person that I constantly would think that the person I was chatting with wasn't even close to being who they were representing themself to be.

Anyhow, I think its pretty entertaining to check out the missed connections part. Today there was a post for someone who was seen on the corner outside my office window. This is funny because I probably saw who they were talking about. Last week I saw a post from some dude who was checking out some other dude working out with weights at the 24hr Fitness near here. It just so happens that my buddy was working out there at that same time. I asked him if he was working out with weights that day, anticipating I could point and snicker at him, implying this guy was checking him out and trying to find him on CL. Unfortunately he said that he only ran on the treadmill. So there wasn't a joke and I wasn't as funny as I thought I was going to be. But then I pointed anyway and snickered accusing him of checking out some dude lifting weights. I'm so mature, can't you tell?

80s HAIR BANDS

....Rock(ed). Some friends came down from LA this weekend because the boyfriend of of the friend of one of my friends plays in an 80's tribute band and they were headlining at the House of Blues. Funny as hell. I mean, its really funny to watch but the music kicks ass too. Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, Cinderella, Van Halen,Bon Jovi...... If it was a hit in the 80s, they played it. He was the drummer and all the other members were really good except the singer, who was a total tool. Great time though - it was funny because he would come out to hang with us during the breaks and take his wig and outfit off. Nobody would recognize him at all.

Good times.

Other than that, I hung out on the beach all weekend and read. Well, I tried to read. Mostly I just considered myself the Unofficial Bikini Judge of Pacific Beach.

BENIHANA I RUV YOU RONG TIME

Had to hit up the local Benihana for dinner with friends last night. I had the Benihana Special which is Steak and Lobster, but not until after I had an order of steak shishimi. MMMM! I love Benihana. 3 Tall Sakis and 3 Soporros later, I was loving life - until 0800 when the headache kicked in. Nonetheless, it was a great time and I really enjoyed the people I was with. I always enjoy the little show the Benihana cooks do - but if you ever really stop to analize it, they are just sraping knives and spatchulas together really fast.

Lame ass post, but I had to write something. I'm going to start trying and post at least once a weekday (I don't even like to LOOK at computer on the weekends).

I'LL PLAY TODAY

What can I say...... I got tagged. And I'll be a sport, cause thats what I do. Thats what I am.

(I need to go back and add in the links, but right now I'm too busy....)

the childhood meme

We all know that memes and surveys suck, but i kind of like this topic, so let's play along, shall we?

what 5 things do you miss about your childhood?

this meme requires you to do the following things:

remove the blog at #1 from the following list and bump every one up one place. add your blog's name in the #5 spot. link to each of the other blogs for the desired cross-pollenation effect.

There's Pie in the Lunchroom
The Meat of the Matter
who the-what the-HUH?
escapekey
Lonestar State of Mind

next, inflict this meme on five new people. i shall inflict it upon

Jessica <--Because she she just got back from a family reunion in her homestate and is refreshed with memories.
Jasika <-- I don't want to disturb her usual poetic waxing, but she doesn't post often enough.
M'tini <-- Busy moving this week, but maybe later.
Lissa Ann <--cause she needs to get her mind off of the present for a moment.
KelBel <-- Cause she's just plain cool.

Finally, list the five things you miss most from childhood.

1. Sports
Growing up, I didn't spend much time in front of the TV or the (enter video game console of choice here). I did sports. A lot of them. As did my siblings. I'm really not sure how my mom found the time to run us all around. Oh, yeah I do - we had a "housekeeper". And we had bikes. It was skiing from November to March. Soccer from Feb (indoor) to Aug. Football from July to Oct. Then all over again. For many years. I miss the activity and variety. I miss being in shape. I miss the competition. I miss the winning. And the losing. I miss the life lessons learned, and discovery of the world.

2. Traveling
I traveled a lot for both sports and with my family. I've been to all lower 48 states and many other countries. Many people don't get the opportunity to travel much and there is so much more to see and experience out there. I can't imagine what my life would be like had I not had this opportunity. I haven't been traveling much in recent years for lack of time, but I keep telling myself I need to just make the time. One of these days.....

3. Absense of REAL responsibility
I miss not having any bills. Not HAVING to have a job. And my mistakes being dismissed with "he's just a kid" (I'm not saying there weren't consequences, just that kids are more easily forgiven because they are expected to make mistakes). Back then, the major worries were being to practice or school or home on time. Its funny too, because everything seemed so important and dramatic back then. This is probably the appropriate area to write about how I miss being 15 and knowing EVERYTHING! The real world sucks when you find out you don't know shit.

4. My mentors
I had lots of friends growing up. Lots of enemies too. But I always had a lot of "grown-up" friends. People in whom I identified great qualities and admired. I was lucky enough that they saw some kind of potential in me enough to take the time for me too. They didn't have to. In the grown up world those things are fewer and further between.

5. My Family
We stay in touch and are all very close. But we are all spread out now and I miss them all a lot. One of the most important things my family did (and if I have children will also do) is ate dinner TOGETHER every night. Even if it meant eating at 8pm because someone wasn't home from practice or another engagement. Sometimes we'd talk about politics, sometimes sports, sometimes world events, and sometimes we wouldn't talk at all. We would laugh, yell, cry, listen. But mostly we just got to know each other. Everyday again. As we became people.

WHO WAS THAT??????

Whomever it was that thought that drunk blogging on Friday night was a good idea should be shot.

Oh, that was me. Idiot.

The irony is ridiculous though. You see, since my office is downtown and I didn't feel like fighting the 2am drunk crowd for a cab home, I decided to stay on the couch in my office- which is the location of the former posts. Meanwhile, back at the house, an afterparty ensued - which is normal. Little did I know that it was mostly all females, 4 of which were NAKED IN OUR HOT TUB!!!! WTF????????

There really is no justice in the world.

ADENDUM

This is an adendum to the below. My english and grammar are not perfect- I blame myself and the alcomahol. My father would be mortified!!! However, the sentiments remain the same...


In this SD periodical today they showcased this "socialite" chick. I was blown away (not in a good way) - She really wasn't THAT hot and what makes a "SOCIALITE" anyway?????? Yeah, I'd do her- 'cause she's KINDA hot, and well, I'm a guy. But I wouldn't respect her. At all. The whole thing is such a JOKE!!




Alright, Alright, Alright!!!!!!! I'll admit this: I've probably been a little negative and pesimistic lately. My friends here say it's 'cause I haven't been laid. Truth is- they are right. This is the LONGEST, by far (over one month!!!)But I haven't met anyone who sparks me at all. I'm TOTALLY turned on by women who are themselves. I have no time for anything else. I'm not out trying to "hook up" - I just want to hang with someone who doesn't rely on me for their definition. Is that so much to ask? I don't think so, but maybe I'm kidding myself.

My buddies Chuck and George from TX are talking about coming to visit next month. I hope they do - I need reinforcements. I enjoy SD, but I'm less than impressed with the "environment".

Again- I'm drunk and I'm probably talkin' shit. Forgive me...

CLUB OR NOT???????????

I axked?? I nixed the club scene- But somehow there was still a "line". I don't understand these things. okay- I'm a little fukked up right now. I really don't like SD chicks. They are so pre-disposed to the whole club thing that I'm turned off. I did meet a cool chick tonight - she was from Colorado and has been here for 5 yrs. \She hates CA people- they are too fake. Right???? Until I meet CA girls that are diffrent, that's my take too.

I miss Texas.

Heather/Kelbel - Enjoy! The reason I moved there (Texas) was because people are cool. I've lived around the world and TX people are the nicest!! They have no AGENDA or ULTERIOR MOTIVE - They just like you for being you.

30-DAYS PART DEUX

Did anyone remember to watch 30 days last night? This week's episode was about sending an anti-gay dude into Castro, the MOST homosexual area of San Francisco, to stay with a gay dude and live surrounded by it for 30 days.

At first, I thought it was actually going to be a little boring because the guy they were sending appeared at first to be pretty open minded, despite having strong convictions. He actually did have a pretty open mind, but it was far from boring.

I can imagine that being submerged in that environment would be pretty uncomfortable for a straight guy. I'm pretty comfortable with myself in most environments, but that might be a little much even for me. One of the first nights he was there, his host took him to a gay bar and he almost got into a fight. But I think on top of being a little overwhelmed, he felt a little defensive. Should he have?? After all, wasn't he in THEIR club? On THEIR turf? Should a black person feel unwelcome and out of place and defensive being the only black in a club of all white people? Or the only white in an all black club? What about the only cowboy in a city-fied bar? Tough question. Certainly the minority is going to feel a little self concious to begin with. Do the other patrons need to antagonize this insecurity? Perhaps not, but on the other hand perhaps they have the right. Either way it doesn't help their own cause any.

I don't want to write as extensively as I did about the last episode, so I'll cut to the chase. The straight dude did a pretty good job at hanging in there and even learned a thing or two. He was able to make a good friend in the host guy and learn a few things about accepting people who are different. He also was able to see areas where he was holding on to faith based principals, but hypocritical at the same time. One of the turning points was meeting with a group of parents who have gay kids and hearing what they had to say about it all.

In the end, the last few scenes were when he got back home and was showing his parents pictures of his trip. It was easy then to see where he got his basis of judgement as his father had a pretty mortified look on his face. One of great concern that his son had gone to "the other side" -as if being gay was contageous. His son, by the way, was still straight - just with a little less contempt for "alternative lifestyles".

Good show though. I didn't see what next week's show is about, but I'm sure it'll jog the mind.

POST-PARTY DEPRESSION

Well, not really. I didn't even drink all that much this weekend. Went out Friday night to some clubs and did it up pretty good. Saturday night did a repeat, only I didn't drink so much and Sunday, same thing, only drank even less. Nothing to drink yesterday. So, why am I so melancholy? Because I spent much of the time at clubs. I may have mentioned I don't really like clubs. No, I REALLY don't like clubs. However, most of my friends do - so I get stuck sometimes. Why don't I like clubs?

1)I've never been to a club with LIVE music, and I love live music. Most of them have DJs and although I can get along with the music - I still like my live stuff. This weekend I watched people stand in line for over an hour to pay $40 cover in order to hear a certain DJ "Spin". WTF????? I refuse. Besides, what makes a certain DJ "outstanding"?? They don't even write the fuckin music??? They just mix it together. I was a DJ in high school - I know how and there really isn't any true talent involved. I'll tell you what it is - HYPE!!!! Of the worst kind. Learn to play a guitar or the drums, asshole. Then I MIGHT consider spending $15 to see you play (for $40 you better have won a grammy or two). Until then, fuck off.

2)Back to the lines. I don't stand in a line to get into your establishment unless it is a concert, where its just a formality. Granted, I haven't had to stand in any lines here because we always seem to be on "the list", but that's beside the point because once you are in, the result of lines is the same. Lines at clubs mean that you are going to struggle to move around- much less dance, wait 30 minutes to order drinks at the bar (at which time every last person that conveniently claims to "know you" has asked you to grab them something - running into a triple digit tab, but even worse is just trying to remember it all. Was it a manderine & tonic and Skyy & soda? or manderine & soda, Skyy & tonic??), and inevitably get one or more drinks spilled on you whenever you try to move from your sardine-like space. I'm polite and say "excuse-me", which gets fucking old after the 80th time in the 30 feet between the bar and the restroom. So until you can reduce that figure by at least 10 times, Fuck off! Oh and you assholes that ask me to grab you a drink, but never seem to be anywhere near the bar, you can fuck off too.


3)Drugs. I don't do the drug thing. Yes, I have before. Lots before. But that was long in the past and although I don't have anything against them, I really don't want to be around it, nor do I want to be around people who turn up their noses at me because I don't. I have intentionally always surrounded myself with people who don't party like that very often, if at all. So, until you can learn to have a good time without coke, speed or E, Fuck off!!

4) Your a dick, bartender. It seems bartenders at clubs are always pricks. I can sort of understand though, you have 25 people simultaneously competing for your attention only to be jackasses and waste your time. It would be hard to be patient. But when you come across someone like me, who is respectful and empathetic to your chaos, extend me some fucking courtesy -even if its a quick "Thanks, man" -because I just gave you a 30% tip (on grossely over priced drinks) that you didn't even come close to earning. So until you can be cool and more attentive to MY MFing needs, Fuck off!

Bottom line is, I'm going to start hanging out where I want to hang out. This will probably mean me starting to go out here in SD by myself, but I have had the most fun doing that anyway. There are some kick ass places around here (even within walking distance from the house) that have live music, cool bartenders, down-to-earth women, and most importantly - NO LINES (people, powder or otherwise).

So if anyone is down for hanging with me at the cool places, I'm right here. If you want to go to a club. Fuck off!