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How to sum up these last two months?
-=March=-
Well begin on a down note and work my up i suppose. Grandpa passed away around early march and we had his funeral on a Wednesday March 7th. I got to see a lot of relatives. All of my aunts on mom's side, grandma, uncles, cousins i hadnt seen since toddler age. Funeral was very simple and honorable with 21 gun salute. Mom's speech about things grandpa did like checkers, and "got your nose" kind of things really moved everyone. she was able to say her speech without breaking into tears which everyone else did. Shes amazing my mom. Dad was there also which helped lighten things. My sister and i only stayed for the funeral part and left after eating. I never saw him in his last days. it was like the man in the casket was a mannequin, but i knew it was him deep down.
Nathan and his girl Nichole visited that weekend to come get my old Ford Station Wagon from me. Big Will's 30th birthday was the same weekend which worked out really well. Since he's a bouncer at Famous Pub, he convinced them to let him have a Dressed To Get Sexed event there where you could wear pajamas and lingerie.
it was way funny, and nathan and i went out of our way to go to the Goodwill and get the most kitsch pajamas possible. we succeeded! that sunday he left with my old car and it made it back to jax in without any problems.
St pattys day was the next weekend and Liz, Alex, and i met up with Alex's friend from Germany, Eva. Jen also came down to dark horse that night and we had lots of great irish beer. Since a few weekends ago, we found out that "Safe Ride" is not a free service. In fact and let me tell you, its quite dirty. Safe Ride as i was introduced, was a tip-only service thatll pick you up from wherever and drive you home, followed by their taxi, and work only on tips, as a really friendly way to prevent drunk driving. Not only do they charge an outrageous fee (we paid $39 for only 10 miles) but nobody actually told us they were charging per mile. So drive home drunk or call a taxi folks. Anyway, St Pattys was great and we chatted it up all night at Dark Horse, a dude who hit on Liz got hauled off by the cops and even resisted arrest, a puerto rican guy hit on Eva with the opening line of "I'm gay, so dont worry im not trying to hook up with you" and at the end of the night both mine and Alex's cards or eaten by the ATM.
Nikki visited and we had our yearly Margarita Night. this time with a working blender and very good Tequila. She was still suffering from Jet Lag so the yawns kicked in as early as 9pm. Watched a few movies and the new South Park. I actually got to say "Gesundheit" to a girl from Germany! I swear that has to be on someone's scavenger hunt list!
That Saturday (which Nikki thought was Friday because of her computers & google's calendar still being Japan Time "Its the Future here!") we went to see all female japanese rock group Gito Gito Hustler. It was playing at Lenny's.
Lennys...
The place Mike, K, and I spent over an hour searching for, going over potholes and cracked streets back and fourth all night, eventually giving up and going home. Lennys. Ugh. We made it there and had a PBR or two and SQ arrived. Naturally being that he was legal to drink i bought him a LIT. Followed by nikki getting one as well (they were mighty).
Gito's bassist was really cute. They didnt have the tshirts i wanted but i bought a sticker or two and got pictures. I wasnt too keen on my japanese (or didnt feel like Pretending that i was) that night so when she asked if i spoke japanese all i could say was gomen.
Heading out from the club in the wrong direction was the biggest impact ive had all year...well both literally and metaphorically. My first hit 'n' run. I can try and explain how it happened best i can as ive retold this same story to various sources. Two lanes going our way, one oncoming. We meant to U-Turn earlier but i figured go until the light. As im making a sharp left turn a car going into the oncoming lane to my left and slams into my headlight. He slows down a bit then speeds off. Meanwhile my car is twisted to the right and im unable to break as my axle is blown off. Its like in nightmares where your car keeps going and wont stop. I ding the guy waiting for his light and yank the E Brake. Nikki gets out of the car to tell the guy asking if his car is hit. Quick thinking she tells him no and he says he's outta there. The car still starts but theres no control at all, not even in neutral, and it wont budge. The left tire is facing inward, and so is the right one. first thought was "ive been drinking". Ive got a parliament light and two turkish camels but no lighter and the VW isnt equipped with a carlighter. A guy comes up asking for change and miraculously has a lighter. we share a moment...and a cigarette.
Oh yes, did i fail to mention nobody was hurt?! its strange, we think right away the damage, the insurance, the liability, and THEN the people involved. My first accident when i was 18 years old the first thing out of my mouth was "Is the car hurt?!", this was no different.
Police arrived quicker than expected, just not in the squad car, another off duty police saw the accident and said he'd e sure someone was on their way. The Officer (Fulton County Officer Sweet) was very understanding, Did Not Breathalyze Me Thank God, and sent for towing right away. I had Mike come and get us but he had been way tired from 2 nights of playing CrackDown and reading books until 6am the previous night. The ride from the accident to Mikes was SO uncomfortable! Police seats are hard plastic these days, wtf. SQ and Nikki stayed at my place that night watching the Densha Otoko island movie, or most of it anyway. As sappy as this sounds, having Nikki there put the whole incident at ease and helped me keep my cool and not totally lose it.
Anna visited the next week. She originally wanted to come visit for just a day or so but on thursday se called me tellin me that Hayleys boyfriend's mom died and that shed need picked up. I brought her to work with me which was really fun since it was such a slow day and she got to meet everyone i work with. We planned to go to six flags that weekend (discounted too!) but the rain stopped that.
CyberRaver was Friday and while i really didnt want to go, we had a driver so i went anyway. The venue had finally merged with the club next door so this was its biggest event! i caught a lot of familiar faces & the music wasnt too bad. It helped tthat i had a 6 pack of Hoegaarden and some Bawls to keep awake. Anna had lost her ID that night which got everyone looking around for it but nothing turning up. I took her out to the car and we waited on the show to end so the lights would be on but still nobody found anything.
The next day we went out and saw Blades Of Glory which was actually really funny, mostly because of all the cameos of other actors, especially Nick Schwatrzson. We drank heavily again that night and watched crazy internet clips. Sandbox definitely got the most disgusting award.
Anna was really worried about getting her flight home. Not only was it a risk to use an expired ID, but flights were way overbooked because of Spring Break. Mark was driving to Michigan for a week so she went with him on the 17+ hour drive because she had class on Monday which she couldnt miss.
Meanwhile with my car, things were more and more complicated. Originally State Farm claimed it as a "Total Loss" since the repair total was more than the value of the car. I wormed my way into saying that i would have a shop fix the mechanics and my friend Alex fix the bodywork. We dropped the repair costs from over $5000 down to a mere $2500. Of course i told the insurance company te full amount so id get as much as i could. Get Insured people! its a lifesaver. I want to thank Enterprize for giving me a slick Chevy Aveo rental to scoot around with while it was getting fixed.
-=April=-
APR
5th - 7th Frolicon 2 @ Hilton/Red Roof with Soni, Ichi, D, Mike, K, and Alex. Reviewed in full 2000+ Word Essay
8th Grindhouse w/Amber
13th Pool party at mikes friends house, despite it raining we drank a keg in the garage. the had a dog the size of a small pony
15 Took hayley out to chinese vegetarian palace
16th Resa stops by at 7am with rachel to get a gauze for her hand scar caused by a butterfly knife (?)
20th Emukos 420 party
22 Pokemon Pearl comes out
22th Worked with steve on putting the repainted fender & headlight back on my car, later met amber at Jillians got kicked out at 1am, but avoided paying $3 cover
28 Cyberraver end of the world
30 Medieval times / Hot Fuzz / Jillians
-=May=-
MAY
6th - Mayweather VS De La Hoya PayPerView Fight
-=March=-
Well begin on a down note and work my up i suppose. Grandpa passed away around early march and we had his funeral on a Wednesday March 7th. I got to see a lot of relatives. All of my aunts on mom's side, grandma, uncles, cousins i hadnt seen since toddler age. Funeral was very simple and honorable with 21 gun salute. Mom's speech about things grandpa did like checkers, and "got your nose" kind of things really moved everyone. she was able to say her speech without breaking into tears which everyone else did. Shes amazing my mom. Dad was there also which helped lighten things. My sister and i only stayed for the funeral part and left after eating. I never saw him in his last days. it was like the man in the casket was a mannequin, but i knew it was him deep down.
Nathan and his girl Nichole visited that weekend to come get my old Ford Station Wagon from me. Big Will's 30th birthday was the same weekend which worked out really well. Since he's a bouncer at Famous Pub, he convinced them to let him have a Dressed To Get Sexed event there where you could wear pajamas and lingerie.
it was way funny, and nathan and i went out of our way to go to the Goodwill and get the most kitsch pajamas possible. we succeeded! that sunday he left with my old car and it made it back to jax in without any problems.
St pattys day was the next weekend and Liz, Alex, and i met up with Alex's friend from Germany, Eva. Jen also came down to dark horse that night and we had lots of great irish beer. Since a few weekends ago, we found out that "Safe Ride" is not a free service. In fact and let me tell you, its quite dirty. Safe Ride as i was introduced, was a tip-only service thatll pick you up from wherever and drive you home, followed by their taxi, and work only on tips, as a really friendly way to prevent drunk driving. Not only do they charge an outrageous fee (we paid $39 for only 10 miles) but nobody actually told us they were charging per mile. So drive home drunk or call a taxi folks. Anyway, St Pattys was great and we chatted it up all night at Dark Horse, a dude who hit on Liz got hauled off by the cops and even resisted arrest, a puerto rican guy hit on Eva with the opening line of "I'm gay, so dont worry im not trying to hook up with you" and at the end of the night both mine and Alex's cards or eaten by the ATM.
Nikki visited and we had our yearly Margarita Night. this time with a working blender and very good Tequila. She was still suffering from Jet Lag so the yawns kicked in as early as 9pm. Watched a few movies and the new South Park. I actually got to say "Gesundheit" to a girl from Germany! I swear that has to be on someone's scavenger hunt list!
That Saturday (which Nikki thought was Friday because of her computers & google's calendar still being Japan Time "Its the Future here!") we went to see all female japanese rock group Gito Gito Hustler. It was playing at Lenny's.
Lennys...
The place Mike, K, and I spent over an hour searching for, going over potholes and cracked streets back and fourth all night, eventually giving up and going home. Lennys. Ugh. We made it there and had a PBR or two and SQ arrived. Naturally being that he was legal to drink i bought him a LIT. Followed by nikki getting one as well (they were mighty).
Gito's bassist was really cute. They didnt have the tshirts i wanted but i bought a sticker or two and got pictures. I wasnt too keen on my japanese (or didnt feel like Pretending that i was) that night so when she asked if i spoke japanese all i could say was gomen.
Heading out from the club in the wrong direction was the biggest impact ive had all year...well both literally and metaphorically. My first hit 'n' run. I can try and explain how it happened best i can as ive retold this same story to various sources. Two lanes going our way, one oncoming. We meant to U-Turn earlier but i figured go until the light. As im making a sharp left turn a car going into the oncoming lane to my left and slams into my headlight. He slows down a bit then speeds off. Meanwhile my car is twisted to the right and im unable to break as my axle is blown off. Its like in nightmares where your car keeps going and wont stop. I ding the guy waiting for his light and yank the E Brake. Nikki gets out of the car to tell the guy asking if his car is hit. Quick thinking she tells him no and he says he's outta there. The car still starts but theres no control at all, not even in neutral, and it wont budge. The left tire is facing inward, and so is the right one. first thought was "ive been drinking". Ive got a parliament light and two turkish camels but no lighter and the VW isnt equipped with a carlighter. A guy comes up asking for change and miraculously has a lighter. we share a moment...and a cigarette.
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Oh yes, did i fail to mention nobody was hurt?! its strange, we think right away the damage, the insurance, the liability, and THEN the people involved. My first accident when i was 18 years old the first thing out of my mouth was "Is the car hurt?!", this was no different.
Police arrived quicker than expected, just not in the squad car, another off duty police saw the accident and said he'd e sure someone was on their way. The Officer (Fulton County Officer Sweet) was very understanding, Did Not Breathalyze Me Thank God, and sent for towing right away. I had Mike come and get us but he had been way tired from 2 nights of playing CrackDown and reading books until 6am the previous night. The ride from the accident to Mikes was SO uncomfortable! Police seats are hard plastic these days, wtf. SQ and Nikki stayed at my place that night watching the Densha Otoko island movie, or most of it anyway. As sappy as this sounds, having Nikki there put the whole incident at ease and helped me keep my cool and not totally lose it.
Anna visited the next week. She originally wanted to come visit for just a day or so but on thursday se called me tellin me that Hayleys boyfriend's mom died and that shed need picked up. I brought her to work with me which was really fun since it was such a slow day and she got to meet everyone i work with. We planned to go to six flags that weekend (discounted too!) but the rain stopped that.
CyberRaver was Friday and while i really didnt want to go, we had a driver so i went anyway. The venue had finally merged with the club next door so this was its biggest event! i caught a lot of familiar faces & the music wasnt too bad. It helped tthat i had a 6 pack of Hoegaarden and some Bawls to keep awake. Anna had lost her ID that night which got everyone looking around for it but nothing turning up. I took her out to the car and we waited on the show to end so the lights would be on but still nobody found anything.
The next day we went out and saw Blades Of Glory which was actually really funny, mostly because of all the cameos of other actors, especially Nick Schwatrzson. We drank heavily again that night and watched crazy internet clips. Sandbox definitely got the most disgusting award.
Anna was really worried about getting her flight home. Not only was it a risk to use an expired ID, but flights were way overbooked because of Spring Break. Mark was driving to Michigan for a week so she went with him on the 17+ hour drive because she had class on Monday which she couldnt miss.
Meanwhile with my car, things were more and more complicated. Originally State Farm claimed it as a "Total Loss" since the repair total was more than the value of the car. I wormed my way into saying that i would have a shop fix the mechanics and my friend Alex fix the bodywork. We dropped the repair costs from over $5000 down to a mere $2500. Of course i told the insurance company te full amount so id get as much as i could. Get Insured people! its a lifesaver. I want to thank Enterprize for giving me a slick Chevy Aveo rental to scoot around with while it was getting fixed.
-=April=-
APR
5th - 7th Frolicon 2 @ Hilton/Red Roof with Soni, Ichi, D, Mike, K, and Alex. Reviewed in full 2000+ Word Essay
8th Grindhouse w/Amber
13th Pool party at mikes friends house, despite it raining we drank a keg in the garage. the had a dog the size of a small pony
15 Took hayley out to chinese vegetarian palace
16th Resa stops by at 7am with rachel to get a gauze for her hand scar caused by a butterfly knife (?)
20th Emukos 420 party
22 Pokemon Pearl comes out
22th Worked with steve on putting the repainted fender & headlight back on my car, later met amber at Jillians got kicked out at 1am, but avoided paying $3 cover
28 Cyberraver end of the world
30 Medieval times / Hot Fuzz / Jillians
-=May=-
MAY
6th - Mayweather VS De La Hoya PayPerView Fight