I went to lunch with a couple friends from work the other week. A couple people from a music house treated us. They ordered oysters and shrimp for the table and then informed us they did not want any so my friends and I went to work on some delicious oysters and a big ass shrimp cocktail . The horseradish was fresh and stung the nostrils. I put too much on the first time and thought I’d learn for the next time but instead I kept piling on sinus clearing horseradish. We had a great lunch and convinced people I taught a spinning class in my free time. I had a burger . It tickled my taste buds.

On our way out of the restaurant a bus boy stopped me and smiled. I thought it was odd but was like maybe he is just a friendly dude. He looked at me and smiled “you work near here..I know you..” I replied “ Hmm kind of near here “. I had remembered that I was working in that area a while back and maybe he had recognized me from then. With a smile on his face he said “ You know Nacho...” It wasn’t a question but a statement. “ Ignacio....You’re Ignacio’s friend.”

I wasn’t sure who Ignacio was but I was friends with a small Mexican man named Nacho a few years back when I worked in a small restaurant. He spoke of his days as a musician in Mexico. He was a very nice man. Quite small and round like a bowling ball. I told him I played music too and he would ask if I wanted to jam with him sometime. I never did but always thought I should have just done it for the hell of it. I am pretty sure it wasn't the same Nacho that the bus boy was referring to and I didn't really feel like going into the kitchen to check because I am not even sure what I would do if it was the same Nacho. But somewhere in the back of my mind I imagined it was the same Nacho and that our short friendship was pleasantly memorable to him.


I love this song..

I gave up soda for lent recently. It's kind of a cop out because I don't drink all that much soda. I usually have one diet soda with my lunch but then again I guess one soda a day for 40 days does add up.

It's still weird to me when you walk into the bathroom to use the urinal and there are really long pubes sitting on the base of the urinal. It's really gross to see and it also begs the question of why does this person have such long pubes. I don't think it complements a persons body nor do I find any sort of cool alternative health reason to have them unless it's really cold out I guess.

Maybe it was an old guy. Old guys don't care about this stuff as much. They don't need to look good for anyone anymore. They had their time to be suave and impress the ladies. It's time to grow hair and walk around the local gym locker room naked having full-on conversations with other old guys.

Not sure where this is going or where it came from...But here are some my favorite of favorite music tracks I am listening too.

Is it weird that I am googling "How to blow off steam" .

I was in the bathroom yesterday doing my business when a guy started using the urinal next to me. I noticed both his hands were free which was odd. He then pulled a magazine up from his pocket and propped it on top of the flushing mechanism to read it. A couple things came to my head when this happened ; a) I bet he is peeing a little on his pants b) why is that magazine so fascinating? C) The dudes an idiot and could have waited 30 seconds to read his magazine article instead of making things awkward by reading next to me at the urinal.



NEW BEACH HOUSE BITCHES.

I am listening to the new Vampire Weekend. It's enjoyable as the first album was. I don't get when people love to talk shit about VW. It's not like they every claimed to be the best band in the world nor did they ever try to be some trendy hipster band. They sing fun afro-pop Paul Simon-esque music. It's great to play when you have stuff to do around the house. I have swiffered and mopped to the first album many times.

Happy New Years everyone! It’s been almost a month since I have posted and I am wondering why it has been so long. I had a good week and half off and I didn’t even think to write anything. I don’t know if the inspiration had run dry or if I just gotten lazy but either way it just never happened. Hopefully I will be inspired to write more this year. It’s hard to believe that I have had this blog for so long now..well relatively long I guess. 2009 was an interesting year. Most people I heard from couldn’t wait to get out of 2009 and start fresh in 2010. Economically, it was a turd filled jar of terrible but I got through without getting let go ( mostly because I don’t think I make a very big dent in the bottom line) and I met my girlfriend. So it wasn’t all bad!

The beginning of the year is always a time for reflection on what we foresee for ourselves in the coming months. Speaking of reflection the chorus of this song really hits home in regards to that sentiment...

What did you want to see? What did you want to be when you grew up? To go away and not look back and think of what the others say To go ahead and change your life without regard to what is said And everyone must do the same you find yourself lost again forget the things you've left behind through looking back you may go blind