Simmer Down Now

I have been negelcting you online journal. I apologize.

So this weekend was fun. On Friday night I went out with Alisyn and some of her friends. I was drinking and hanging out when I looked over to see my old friends Julie and Sara. We were close my senior year in HS and then ended up at Chico State together. Unfortunately after I left Chico I lost touch with them. I had been wondering where they were and what they were up to. So it was great to see them. They look great and seem happy. We exchanged numbers and I will for sure be calling them. When they left, Alisyn and I went outside. There we started talking to this one guy. When his friends arrived he got up and went back inside. Well we noticed that he left his phone. So what do I do? Well you know how much I love drunk dialing. I started calling people in his recent call history and phone book. I got ahold of one person and was telling them how they should come down to the bar. Well turns out the guy I was talking to was inside with the phone's owner. So it was a giveaway that I had the phone and he came back and got it. It was hilarious. He was like "Oh no, who did you call? Did you call Jillian?" I don't know who I called. Could have been an ex, a distant relative, options are endless. Later that night I convinced Alisyn to talk to this one guy she had been eying all night. I was like "let's work on your game plan." She responded "No, I have it covered." So she proceeds to walk up to the guy and say "I like the way you carry yourself." LOL! That's like the weirdest line ever. But it gave us laughing material for a long time.

Saturday night I went up to SF to go to Jackie's going away party. We came with like 10 people so we totally brought the party. It was fun and I got drunk. But not out of control. Did some singing along to NOFX and 50 Cent. Yep it was a random playlist. Ended up back at JMDs. And per usual we stayed up past 4AM. I love those guys. I made a few rounds of drunk dials and texts. Some of the more embarassing ones to Ian. This morning I woke up and drove back to the south bay. Being a holiday I spent most of it with my family. And I am now exhausted and want to go to bed. Even though it is only like 9:30.

Rap Video

This weekend I took a pseudo hiatus from the major partying.

On Friday a bunch of us surprised Jesse for a birthday dinner at Olive Garden. I know what you are saying “olive garden for a fabulous gay man on his birthday?” But he actually wanted to go there and Mike talked him out of it, saying he should go somewhere more ritzy. So instead of going somewhere ritzy we surprised him at Olive Garden. It was fun. I gave Greg a ride from the south bay, so I didn’t have much to drink. Mike however was in full effect. Fun! After dinner Greg and I went straight back home. No going out. I finished off the evening by watching “Maria Full of Grace.” It’s another good movie. Spanish, English subtitles.

On Satuday I headed over to Alisyn’s kind of early. It was her birthday celebration. They had gotten a limo for the night. So we had a drink then headed to Palo Alto for dinner and more drinks. At one point in the limo I felt like I was in a rap video. The lights were dim, we were drinking champagne, dressed up and listening to song that our friend Jayne is singing in. She has started to sing for a rap group down here, so it was straight out of MTV. Very fun. So we get to Miyake for dinner. We have to wait for over an hour for a table…there was 18 of us. Unfortuenaly at the table I sit the furtherst from Alisyn. Sucks. But we did lots of sake bombs. It was cool. Everyone stands up on the chairs and sings and then takes the sake bomb. After dinner it is really late and I don’t feel like going out, so I take limo back with a few people. I proceed to drink more and pretty much pass out when we get back to Alisyn’s. Apparently I missed a lot of funny drunken stories. Oh well.


This week has been super busy at work. I was working alone on Monday. Wednesda was the SJSU career fair. And today was so crazy. I have been working late. The trade off? I got my 2004 bonus today! Nice. And I have tomorrow off!

Another Late Night

First off I would like to say…I am gonna try and not have any typos in this entry. I guess I could proof read it…nah boring.

Last weekend was as gorgeous as it could be.

Ian and I hung out again on Friday night. Watched part of “The Doors” and stayed up partying it up. Fun as always. But the real event of the weekend was on Saturday night.

For Dan’s 27th birthday JMD through a party. Its theme was Kappa Alpha Faggot. It was Dan’s chance to recapture his youth, you know host a frat party. There was jungle juice, Jell-O shots, even a keg. Mike, Jesse, and Greg came dressed “straight”. That was fun. Jenny, Alyssa, Dan, Evan, and Marc all made shirts with Greek letters and R rated sayings. Alyssa’s said “KOK TEASE”. Dan’s said “BTM”. Evan’s said “Alpha – Q”. So creative. Mike, Greg and I brought a blow up doll to the party. She was a total hit and by the end of the night she was sitting in the tub of jungle juice. The party was tons of fun, a lot of people ended up showing up. A lot of randoms that we didn’t know too. After the party was over about 7 of us stayed up until like 5:30 in the morning. The next day I chilled at JMDs for a while then finally went home to make myself unproductive.

Monday night Alisyn and I went to Chevy’s for dinner and drinks. It was funny cause Alisyn thought that sitting at the table behind me was a guy she used to date, so it was kind of awkward. Well then she went to the bathroom and he spotted him on the way. The guy behind me wasn’t the guy she used to date, but he was there and she did run into him in the restaurant. Whoops.

Tuesday night I went up to SF to visit Mike. We just talked for a little while. A visit was long overdue so it was good to chat with him.

Wednesday I met Randy for drinks in Sunnyvale. Gin and Tonics make me happy. So that was a good mid week excursion. Although at this point I started to feel bad for Persephone. I have been spending a lot of nights out or sometimes not even coming home. Poor baby.

Thursday I went over to Ian’s and hung out with him. A couple of his friends showed up so we hung out with them too. I felt really old at one point cause I was talking to this one guy and somehow he mentioned that he graduated in 2002. I was like “oh hey so did I.” Then after a bit I realized he meant he graduated from high school in 2002. Meaning when I graduated from HS he was in like 7th grade. Oh well I am not that old yet.

The new job is going ok. Things are done a lot differently in this office and I can’t help but think it is less efficient. I want to change the workflow but I am not sure how to do it without stepping on any toes. It’s just a lot messier and disorganized than I think would be good. I’ll figure out something.

Misson Accomplished

So I have left you in suspense for what I did on Friday. The kind of suspense that M. Night Shamalyn would be jealous of. Ha.

So on Friday I got off work an hour early. And since I now work so much closer to work, I found myself restless early. Could it be possible I have too much free time. Naw. But I didn’t really want to go out. That is until Marc called and said they were making a trip to Vertigo. Greg picked me up and we drove up to the city. Marc, Jenny, Kate, Greg, Dan, and I went to Vertigo. It was so much fun and I am really glad I went. It was probably the most fun I have had at this bar yet. Great company and great drinks. At last call Greg drove me home. Gotta love him for that. I guess I passed out in his car and woke up as he pulled into my drive way.

Saturday I was on a mission for Mike and a few others. By about 8PM my mission was complete. What a relief. That night Ian came over again and hung out. Again up too late for my own good. On Sunday I slept in late and loafed around. That evening I made it up to Boulder Creek to see Ami and Graham’s new house. It’s really cute. Hot tub, two bedrooms, right on the river. We went out to dinner at a local restaurant with Ami’s parents that night. Yum. It was great to see Ami so happy. She loves their new house, and seems to be more content there. I was going to stay the night, but then I realized that I wanted to wake up with Persephone in my own house. So I drove back down the hill home. On Monday, Michael came down and we had lunch together. We went to Sonoma Chicken Coop. I had never been but had heard great things. I for sure recommend it. We hung out at my house after. It was great to see him and Persephone loved seeing him too. That evening Alisyn came over and we went to happy hour. Talked about our weekend and the boys in our lives. And by that I mean in Alisyn’s life. I told you she is amazing with the men.

Tuesday I was back at work for my 3-day work week. I was by myself again. The time goes by much faster at this new job. Maybe because I am always driving around. The week went by fairly quickly. On Wednesday night I met Mario for cocktails. It was fun talking about Chico, in a way that only alums could talk about it. I need to make another trip up there. You know a little cameo. Say hi to a few old friends. And by friends I mean bars. On Thursday I was going to hit up 1984 but I was so tired that I didn’t make it. In fact I was in bed by 11, even though it was my Friday. Boring old lady.

Today I have been doing errands and reading. I haven’t been reading as much since working in San Jose. I used to be able to read every day on BART, and have been missing it. I am reading “Memoirs of a Geisha”. You should read it if you haven’t. It’s a good one. I am learning a lot about Geisha that I never knew before. And I am excited to start reading “Life of Pi” once I am done with this book.

This weekend is Dan’s birthday party and I couldn’t be more excited. I love partying with that group and Mike, Greg, and I have a little surprise up our sleeves. He He. I just hope I am feeling better tomorrow. I have been feeling a little ill the last couple days. Nothing a little liquor can’t fix though I am sure.

WIIFM

I have been really late on writing these journal entries lately. I like to update them mid week, but the last few weeks I have been doing them on Friday or Saturday. That’s kind of a metaphor for my life. I just haven’t been wanting to do this and been putting them off.

Last Friday I hung out with Ian again. This time at his house. He likes to do a little DJing on the side. I had never heard him actually do it before and I was thoroughly impressed. He does like hip hop DJing, with a lot of mixing and scratching. The highlight of the night however was this one CD we listened to. We were having a hard time finding music that we both loved. This CD was this Dj mixing old school rock with hip hop. I had never heard anything like it before and it was awesome. I love that Ian showed me a new type of music. Ok that I am sure sounds really lame and boring to you but it wasn’t for me.

Saturday I had the last meeting of my Project Management class. It was cool and I got an A. I think everyone did. I am glad I took the class but a lot was review of stuff from college and classes I took at work.

Saturday night I went out with Alisyn. And got way too drunk. We started at Santana Row. The V-Bar had a cover so we were over it. Then we went to Blowfish. That was ok, but kind of boring. So we headed to Straights. They had a DJ so that was fun. However it was like attack of the clones in there. Every guy had on a button up shirt, and most of them were vertical stripes. I like these shirts on men, but when everyone is wearing them it is a little much and it just kind of indicated to me that Straights was not the place for me. I like a little diversity. So we head over to the Brit downtown. It was pretty empty. We met some guys that bought us shots and well that’s the last thing I remember. I guess at one point I kind of fell over and staff was kind of looking at me weird. So we left. We hit up the Mini Gourmet after. I was so drunk I was like passing out at the table and we had to get our food to go. Alisyn needed help getting me out to the car too. Whoops! Sorry!

Sunday I was completely useless. I slept in late and took a nap. I was feeling out of it all day long. I was supposed to look at condos but just couldn’t get my act together. What’s with me?

Monday I started my new job. It has been ok so far. I am on my own most of the time. Driving from office to office. I miss SF already. I love the city and I have friends at work. This job is much more alone work. And the procedures are so different that is has been hard to adjust and learn all that. But I am getting it.

It’s Saturday morning at this point and I could tell you what I did last night, but I am going to keep you in suspense and wait until next week. Ha…I know you are just dying to know.*wink*

But yeah I feel like I just have no motivation for anything. Not looking at condos, working and coming home. I haven’t been running lately either. I need to get back on track. Running, real estate, all of that.

Blah

As Friday rolled around so did I. I had decided that I didn't want to do anything to strenuous because I was taking a class on Saturday morning. I turned down hanging out with Alisyn and Tim because I figured that I couldn't stay up too late. I went over to Ian's house to drop something off and then headed home, thinking I would be in bed by around 11. Well things never seem to go as planned and Ian ended up coming over to my house later. We hung out listening to music and talking until way too late.

Fortunately I woke up for my class on time and was even early to the class. It was the first class in a series of Project Management classes, titled The Role of the Project Manager. It was a cool class and I really like the teacher. Some of it was review from classes I had taken at work. We went over communication and obstacles and requirements of a project manager.

After the class I hurried home to get ready. Saturday night was Ami's birthday celebration. We met at Ami's house and then headed to the restaurant. It was a Moroccan restaurant. Everyone sat either on pillows or couches. There were about 14 of us there. Half way through dinner belly dancers came out and did a little show. It was fun and they go the audience involved. The dinner was good too. It came in multiple courses and was served in one big tray that we all just ate with our hands. Ami's mom is a vegetarian too so we were able to share. After dinner we decided to go to downtown Campbell. It was pretty mellow and we ended up going to Carrrow's before 2AM. At Carrow's I wanted to keep my buzz going so I ordered a few beers. Well these put me over the edge and I ended up being pretty drunk. I ended up staying the night on Scott's couch.

On Sunday Alisyn came over. It was funny we ate guacamole and drank a bottle of wine. We put in Pieces of April to watch. Before you knew it we both were asleep. When we woke up we couldn't' help but laughing. We sure are a wild couple. Taking naps in the middle of the day. After loafing around at home we decided to go eat at the elephant Bar. Kristina came with us and Tim met us there. Tim is a regular laugh factory. I couldn't stop laughing. It's awesome having a friend who is a comic. Non-stop trip to laughsville.

This has been my last full week at work in San Francisco, so it has been pretty dead for me. I don't want to take on something I cannot finish. I basically have been trying to finish up my work. I am excited to start my new job, but a little nervous. I am going to miss Kristina and Mike. Its nice having friends right there.

So I guess this weekend was pretty uneventful and I expect the same from this upcoming weekend. I think a lot of people will be doing valentine's stuff and of course I do not have one. Blah.

Real Estate Poker

This past week has been absolutely crazy.

It all started on Friday after work. It was Mike’s birthday so we rented out the top floor of Andalu for unlimited beer and sangria and tapas. So after work Mike and I go to his house and open a bottle of wine and get ready. Then we head over to Cama. There we meet up with some of our group. We are only there for like 20 minutes and then go next door to Andalu. This is where the party begins. About 50 people show up and have a gorgeous time. From here we decide to take the party to The Café. Dan and I walk together. By the time we are there some people have already moved onto Badlands. So we stay at The Café for 1 drink then move to Badlands. We close that place down and head back to JMDs. Here I call Tommy back. He had left me a voice mail earlier that he was having an after party in SOMA. The party is still going on, so I talk Dan into going there with me. We hang out at the party for like an hour and then decide we are still not done. We head over to The EndUp. Here we pay $12 to get in and stay for like 15 minutes. What a waste. At this point it is like 4:15 and we decide it is time to go home.

The next morning we lounge around JMDs and then finally make it to Mike’s to pick up my car and stuff. I head home for the rest of the afternoon. I don’t really get much done at home, but I still decide to come back up to SF for Saturday night. We met up at JMDs again and then headed to Vertigo. It was Justin, Jenny, Marc, Dan, and I. There we met up with Tim, Woody, and Russ. After being there for awhile we got bored and went across the street to Kimo’s. Took a Jager shot and went back to JMDs.

The next morning I headed back home. Once at home I called my real estate agent, Chris, to go look at some condos. I fell in love with one of them. Black appliances, cheery wood cabinets, 838 square feet, and right in downtown San Jose. After much deliberations Chris and I made up an offer to submit. I was totally nervous. This is a huge deal, making an offer on property. It seems so permanent and adult. The offer had to be by Monday at 6PM. So on Monday at work I had to go over documentation and mortgage rates. Once it was in I could barely sleep. Later that night I got a call that the offer was countered, because they had received 3 offers on the table. On Tuesday I decided to counter the offer, because I like the place so much. I was nervous all day on Tuesday again. After work on Tuesday I was going to Chris’ office to meet with a broker and talk about the condo. I go straight from work. Meet with the broker and then start discussing with Chris. Turns out only one other party countered the counter. They were offering more, but I had better financing. I stayed with Chris for awhile at his office and then went home. The seller’s real estate agent still hasn’t called us back, so that means I didn’t get it. Too bad I really liked that place.

On Wednesday night I went out with Chris again. Not Chris the real estate agent, Chris the one that I went to Thai food with a few weeks ago. I went over to his house and then we went to Pedro’s for dinner. After Pedro’s we went to coffee. I drove cause he had spilled something in his car. We have coffee, but he is getting super tired so we decide to call it an early night. Now here is where I get nervous. I don’t know what the proper etiquette with the drop off. If I was a guy I would stop the car and walk the person to their door, but I am not a guy. So I don’t know what to do. I probably do the wrong thing and just pull the car over to let him out. He asks me if I want to do something again, and of course I say yes. He’s a fun one. I hope next time we can take it up a notch.

I have been talking to Alisyn a lot lately. She is so helpful and full of advice. She is one of these women that has men flocking to her. What’s her secret?

This weekend I start my class and it is Ami’s birthday. Should be fun.