Not As Good As It Was

Hey guys I went to Anchorage again this past tuesday - thursday. Let me tell you it wasn't that great this time. Maybe it was good last time cuz I never went anywhere in so long. There were some good spots but there were some bad spots. More bad I think. Bad 1) No cable in my apartment I was staying at for the whole time. Now I like to watch some TV a little also missing American Idol (Randy too bad about Carly). It's a healthy alternative rather than going somewhere and spending money you are trying to save. 2) Doctor saying I can't drink any soda. WHAT!? She's crazy. 3) Bush Company yes I went again and gotta couple of pics after I spent some money on Heiress. The problem was the photo booth messed up our pics till I used up 30 bucks. I am also looking at the screen and not at the lens. So in all of the pics I'm looking down. Maybe I'll scan them though. But the worst was 4) Kayla the girl I met at Fantasies the "Superstar" but wait I'm not mad at her. We couldn't go on a date cuz she was in Big Lake which is about 2 hours from Anchorage. She was busy taking care of her dad who if you don't remember is going through chemo like my Dad (who by the way is doing good he's not getting sick he's just more tired but still keep him in your thoughts). Anyways when I called her I learned she was with a girl called Kristy who she was telling Kristy stop that. Why cuz I'm your Mom. I thought Great this probably wont work. She still wanted to go out but she never told me this before. She can't go out late cuz of her kid and I don't know if I can go out with a girl who has a kid. She repeatedly told me she wish she could go out with me and hoped I wasn't mad at her (I repeatedly told her I wasn't). I told her I'll be there in May and we could try again and she was pretty much down for that. But now I ask you guys should I go out with her. There really is no commitment it's just a date we might end up not even wanting to go out again. But let me tell you some of the good stuff that happened 1) The good theater decided not to show any good movies and keep some cinematic gems like ( The Ruins, Shutter, Shine A Light ,and Leatherheads). So I had to go to a different theater and see some movies that I wanted to see like "Street Kings" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall". Now Street Kings wasn't that bad but you probably can figure what will happen after watching the movie for awhile. But I thought it wasn't bad. Forgetting Sarah Marshall was funny like all of the other Apatow movies. Now if you see the new commercial where it says there is a lot more funny parts than what is shown in the commercials: It is so true. 2) Got some good deals on stuff. Like 40 Year Old Virgin (best Apatow movie sorry Wedding Crashers fans). For only 5 bucks and brand new. I also decided to relive the good old days in Cali and got Joan Of Arcadia seasons 1 and 2 for 60 bucks. Now I can see myself and all of my extra friends and remember a simpler time. But that's it for the trip and now I'm back working at the Chamber getting stuff ready for events, looking for a new better job (got some prospects), and trying to work out a trip. What do you guys think of Vegas during Memorial Day weekend? Anyway talk to you guys later.

Saving a Los Angeles Institution

In case you haven't heard, there is a new law in the City of Los Angeles that seeks to end the reign of the taco truck. Basically, they are not allowed to be parked in one spot for more than an hour. Now, this law may spread to the entire county. Take action!

a/c

why do some people love the a/c blasting away at night while being covered up to their necks in blankets? why not sleep with no blankets and be just as comfortable? matt and i are always at war over the air conditioner. i hate it. he loves it. maybe it's cuz i grew up with none... just the cool 'dena breeze wafting through the open windows. *sigh*... them were the days.

Odd Ball

Happenings

Well its definately been a while since i've blogged. My apologies. Its gonna be super HOT this weekend. Its only 8am and i've got the air conditioner on.

So what's been going on with me lately? I'll tell ya! First i went to Texas a few weeks ago. It was really a good trip. Lots got accomplished. My sisters and I got fitted for bridesmaid dresses. That was an experience. Apparently they put you in a huge sized dress and then they get large binder clips to pull back the dress to show what it should look like. The dresses we got are very cool. I also got sick while i visited, but i managed. Then it was back to work....

But guess what, i'm not gonna talk about work because this is Life Outside The Rat Race!

Pete and I have Randy living with us. Its not that bad. My only thing is that i have to get used to closing the bedroom door and stuff when i change. No more walking around naked! But Randy is very good about taking out trash and clearing the dishwasher and just keeping his stuff in the places they belong. These will all be learning experiences i shall teach to make sure he survives on his own. Randy says he'll be getting his cell phone hooked up soon. But in the meantime, feel free to contact him at our home number. What else....

hey so i think its time to offically put on rotation Sunday Funday! The weather is getting great and the days are longer. I'm just throwing that out there.

Alright i'm going to get back to work. I got The Home Show this weekend. If anyone is interested in home stuff, come on down!!!

VACA in AK

THIS IS A LONG POST.Hey guys I finally went on a business trip this past week. Some of you might know that I left working for the City to help my Dad and work for The Cordova Chamber Of Commerce and I went to anchorage this past week. I was working for the Chamber at THE GREAT ALASKAN SPORTSMAN'S SHOW! It's like a big trade show with various booths with different cities, rafting equipment, guns, fishing poles, and more things Alaskans use (yes Pete even Bear Spray containing testimonials about it). I was there to promote Cordova which is pretty cool I'm promoting a City. Anyway I was there with my Dad helping him because he doesn't have the strength to lift the things we had and I set everything up in our booth containing A huge velcro board for pictures , 8 boxes of ferry schedules, 4 boxes of cordova brochures, 3 boxes of prince william sound brochures, and other things. I talked to a lot of people and swayed them to come to Cordova along with Captain Ron and First Mate April who run a charter business, Harbormaster Dale Muma and City Receptionist Sue Muma, and Alaskan Realty head Linden O'Toole. But enough about my work being in Anchorage was great. I went to the dentist, bought some pants, went to chain restaurants (chili's, applebees, etc.) and indulged myself in many pleasures Cordova doesn't have. Most notably happy hour and gentlemen clubs. Look I know about the gentlemen clubs but c'mon I live in a place where the girls are too old or too young I need to go to see some women my age. I know they just want my money and I'm not trying to date them but give me a break. But these clubs are a lot different then the ones I'm used to in Cali. 1) Alcohol is served and it's not 5 bucks for a small coke. 2) Laps are only topless and no hands. 3) The DJ's play full songs which came in handy cuz I got a lap from a girl during some long songs. Anyway the first one I went to was the best rated one called THE GREAT ALASKAN BUSH COMPANY SHOW CLUB it was pretty good with some lookers but I only went form 4- 6 during my Dad's nap and then after dinner he told me he was going to sleep like at 9 so I went again after 9 is the time even though thee more people there were also more girls and better looking. But they are also more freaky such as one girl named Heiress (supposedly she's a heir to a fortune her family has her real name is Letoria) after 2 laps asked if I had a $1,000 dollars cuz if I did I could have sex with her and her girlfriend (she doesn't like to"work" alone). I said no (but I did but if i gave her the money) I would have not a lot in my bank account, didn't know if we had to do it the apartment where I and my Dad were staying, and I didn't know these girls they could've drugged me and I would wake up in a tub of ice. After some laps from Heiress I was about to leave when a girl named Yasmine came and again as I was getting some laps she offered me some sex by asking how much money I had. I told her about $100 but I could get more and she started to tell me if I got more we would have sex at her place she said she would pretend to be sick and we could leave. Then she came back and said She couldn't leave (sure) I said ok, luckily I didn't pay her. She said it was all that bitches fault and pointed to Heiress. I said ok and I left. As I left Heiress grabbed me and told me to go to her myspace profile and if I ever wanted to have a good time I know where to find her and then kissed my cheek. I wiped it off after I left. Heiress was a lot cooler I felt. The other days I was there was filled with shopping, working, happy hour at the Peanut Farm ( a sports bar), and mad that someone stole $200 from our apartment. I left it on the entrance table and I came back and it was gone but the laptop was still there so I think I lost it but I looked around and couldn't find it. My Dad left on friday and was coming back on monday so I after work i was free to do whatever. I said to myself no strip clubs till Sunday but that didn't last. On saturday I had the late shift at the show which ended at 9 so I got to see UCLA get creamed and then had to work with a plastic smile. So when I was done I went to the Peanut Farm and had some drinks then I decided hey I'll go down a block to the Bush Company. I spent more money and Heiress wasn't working. After that sobered me up I tried my luck at a different club which was Fantasies on 5th #2 rated. Now this club was on the news and no someone was not killed or anything. They passed some ordinance about military people not being able to come even though the close proximity to the Air Force base but the ban was lifted anyway. It was alright less people, less girls, and smaller. But this is the place I met Kayla a girl who had Big starts going down her right side to her feet and some smaller stars on her front right shoulder blade with a star necklace and dangling star navel piercing which prompted me to ask whats with all the stars to which she brightly answered Cuz I'm a Superstar. Really hot too with some facial piercings including 2 on her tongue. This girl was really nice after 1 dance she talked to me after which is a lot different than when a girl talks to you before. Anyways we talked then she was wondering when I was leaving I told her tuesday and she said damn. I asked her why and she said she would like to go out with me. I asked her like on a date or for you know and she said a date. I told her I would be back like almost every other week and she told me her number and that I better call her. I said I would and it turns out that her Dad also is going to chemo just like mine. Well on sunday was the last day of the show it was pretty busy because everyone decided to come the last day cuz the weather was good and it showed by having all the parking lots full of cars. When it was done we teared down everything and that went pretty quick. So what was I going to do the rest of the day? Let me tell you Hollywood is the one to blame cuz they can't release any good movies out. But anyways I saw the girls one last time. I also didn't spend all the money I had with me. Then on monday dad came back and we just did normal stuff like go to costco and then on tuedsay he had his chemo and then we came back. So now I know all about Anchorage and where to go. But I can't wait till I go soon and have my date with Kayla. There's also finally some movies coming out that I want to see. Well I'll be sure to tell you what happens.

What the hell is wrong with Geraldo Rivera?

I'm sure most of you have seen this video, but I had to make sure. He is quite possibly the biggest joke on cable news - even more than O'Reilly.

I can't get it to embed right, so just click here.

Because the Dude does

God showed me the light and I saw MOE

Just wanted to say welcome home Randy it was good to see you on Sunday. I'm sure it will be one of many parties to come.

I'm Comin Home

That's right folks. That title says it all. I am coming back home to beautiful & warm California. No longer will the frozen tundra of Alaska dictate my life. I leave this sleepy little town Saturday afternoon and arrive in the big city Sunday morning. Besides the insanely long layover in Anchorage (10 hours) nothing else could really bring me down.
I will be staying with my best friends Lauri & Pete for a couple of weeks while looking for a place to call home. I really am on such a high right now I can't even expalin it.With all my packing finishd nowI am now merely watching some NCAA, drinking some Pacifico and eating some dip.
So again this post is basically to notify anyone who doesn't know already RandyMoe is coming home. See ya all soon!!!!

Quick Movie update

Did you know there is another Hulk movie coming out? Its like a do over. Presumably, it will leave out the radioactive poodles and crazy Nick Nolte. Ed Norton plays Bruce Banner. Have you seen the trailers to the Speed Racer Movie yet? Its directed by the Wachowski's. Something to remember, they directed The Matrix, which makes them geniuses. But they also directed The Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions, which makes them morons. Anyway, Speed Racer looks terrible, the monkey is even in it, but I don't think I'll be able to stay away.

Ummm...Post something

Please God, someone post. I'm too lazy. Lauri is gone for the weekend and I have a free preview of cinemax. However, in stead of watching softcore porn (no visible naughty parts) I watched Hot Fuzz which surprisingly is not porn. (although if it were they would not have to change the title). Okay maybe I was flippin channels...a little. I'll tell you what I did watch, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. That is a dangerous movie to watch when you are sans girlfriend. It makes you wanna get fucked up. Really fucked up. Here's a strange piece of fried gold... Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Brazil were both on at the same time last night. How often do two Terry Gilliam movies come on at the same time? If you haven't seen Brazil, put it in your Netflix queue. That shit will fuck you up.
Last night the answer on Final Jeopardy was Wu-Tang Killer Bees.
Maybe it was just killer bees.
Would the judges have dinged me for writing Wu-Tang in parentheses?

Happy St. Patty's Day!!!!

Cooking With Coolio

Is your girlfriend one of them salad-eatin' bitches? Then Coolio is here to help.

Man, so I was reading through some old posts. There's a lot goin on there. Life has changed a lot since we started this blog though. Life ain't so much outside the Rat Race anymore. I only half miss the days of being broke as hell hanging out at Randy's, drinking beer and playing video games on a weekday. If only someone would pay me for doing that, I would be set. Thats why you gotta vote Democrat so I can gets me some government grant for sittin on my ass. I'll apply to the NEA and call it living art. What else can I say? life proceeds as normal here. I'm tryin to get Randy to drive down here so I can meet him in Seattle and road trip home. I even have a route planned out. Very little of it is on the 5. Through the back roads of Washington, Oregon, and California. Past Mt. St. Helen, Mt. Ranier, Crater Lake, Bend Oregon, and of course Yosemite. Lets do it sir. If not, anyone else find themselves traveling south by car through Seattle or thereabouts?

For Pete D. (click me)

I didn't want to embed. Just click title enjoy

Minor Complaints

I have turned into a degenerate. I haven't painted in about three months and due to the cold weather I have been biking less and less to work because of this new car I got. Last night I had a recurring dream about being the main character in a first person shooter who had to blast his way out of a school filled with scary characters from horror movies.

On the bright side of things, I have two jobs. One of which involves living rent-free next to a park where I can see the stars at night, though last night was strange because a film crew has set up shop down the road for midnight-5am shootings with intense lights that rival those of LA's downtown nokia center when Josh Groban or the Chinese Circus is in town. And these lights flashed from time to time, which leads me to wonder what kind of film they are shooting: explosions? no, not unless they spend a couple thou on sounds in post-production. is it laser beams? maybe. lightning? jesus I thought some scientist was creating some kind of outdoor weather experiment on his own. i woulda asked him for some sun.

In the dorm hallway the other night a skinny African kid named Mbenga (identities have been changed to protect the innocent) who looks as if he could be a marathoner one day was wrestling this Japanese kid who could maybe be the next incarnation of Yokozuna if he keeps it up.

Me, as big guy gets little guy in a headlock: "Hey! Stop that!"
LG (little guy): "No, no. We're just playing. We do this all the time!"
Me: "Well, he might trip, fall down and you are gonna crack open your head against this here wall. So you must stop, understand?"
BG and LG: "Okay." Still in form (the little guy headlocked by the big guy), the two then proceed ten or twelve feet to the common room where they fall on some beanbags and resume their eternal struggle. Compromise achieved, but I just hope sumo don't eat the flatbread one day, you know what I mean?

Happy Leap Day!!! Does anyone know people who were born on Feb. 29th?

Thank you internet, now I know more about myself

SO...check out the gem I found. I am an avid blogger, and don't remember writing any of this. Also, am I a lesbian?http://lynleew.blogspot.com/

whistling

Songs on my iTunes in which whistling plays a prominent role

1) Patience- Guns n' Roses
2) Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
3) Winds of Change - The Scorpions
4) Civil War - Guns n' Roses
5) Per un Pongo Di Dollari - Ennio Morricone