Tuesday, May 01, 2001
hmmmmm, this weekend was good, but yesterday absolutely blew. I didn't blog yesterday because it would have turned into me spewing line after line of profanities and such. I guess it is good to have a day like that to put everything into perspective. I actually needed it.
first off, thanks to manuel for letting me use your computer. you made an absolutely shitty day that much less shitty, and i thank you for it :) it was really cool to finally meet Christine, even if we did just say hi to eachother. I hope she isn't scared of us now. we kind of invaded your house, taking over all aspects of your life, from computer to phone to living room to kitchen, etc.
Anyways, before yesterday, I was having an amazing string of good luck. Everything seemed to be falling into place, between seeing Ali and the house on Sunday, to the cop that looked the other way when I ran a yellow light and caught the red light at the tail end of it. I wasn't drunk, but i wouldn't have passed a breatholizer for a minor, i am sure, and I had traces of marijuana in me. I saw the light blink red, and i was just like FUCK as the cop pulled out behind me. It wasn't really my fault. I had plenty of time to get through, there was no way I could stop, the drunk jackasses in front of me slowed down in the middle of the intersection for some reason. The cop smiled and he pulled out after me, then turned onto the freeway to chase down the drunk people. I was just like, sweet, how much better can things get. I just got caught breaking a law with enough substances in my system to get busted based on my age, yet the cop looked the other way. Maybe the Kirkland PD aren't so bad after all, even if they tried to arrest my this winter. the house we looked at was sweet. I really think it is cool, i hope we get it. I managed to meet up with the homies and fill out the paperwork in the madness that was yesterday, and it is apparently all turned in today. now, it is up to fate, and fate has been on my side. from what jay and air say, the landlord seems like a decent enough guy. I have been talking to my parents, and they are pretty supportive. they are willing to help me out a little to begin with if i need it, which is really pimp. i never expected that. and yeah, beyond that, things with Ali are going pretty good. we talk a lot, I have been helping with her chemistry and stuff, and we are going to the Mariners game on saturday. She has work, but she is trying to get it off, and she is calling in sick if she can't. it should be fun, she has never been to a baseball game. I don't know too much about baseball, but enough to get by. I have been following the mariners this year because they are just insane, so it will be fun regardless. I would enjoy myself even if she wasn't there, and having her with me will make things even better. So yeah, that is what I have planned for this saturday during the day. Hopefully some sort of buffoonery gets lined up, I have a feeling I will have a hankerin for some good old fashioned saucy goodness.
Alright, all that said, let me bring you into yesterday. This weekend, one of my co workers told me there was a bit of an emergency at one of the parks we were at, and asked me to come out and help. I said yes, i will do pretty much anything for her and the rest of my coworkers, it is just my bosses i question sometimes. so yeah, I am going to show up a little early so we can get this shit going. First off, it was pouring. driving to work is never fun in the rain, but it was absolutely pouring. then, on the west seattle bridge, some moron had rear ended a school bus, blocking 2 lanes of traffic on that side, and one on ours. So it took me a little longer to get to work. Then, at work, the emergency was this. We use this fabric stuff called jute mat (kind of a think rough mesh material) for erosion control and to hold down seeds in wetland areas when we are planting. Somehow, or boss had managed to over order by about 60 fucking rolls. It was seriously insanity. So, we had all this extra stuff, and nothing to do with it. The contractor working on the site needed to till where we were storing it, so we had to deconstruct the fence we had to store it, and load it all onto a ryder truck. So it is freaking pouring, and me and this other guy are out with wrenches taking down this fence while the other two people go pick up the truck. Then we have to load these 60 rolls of water logged cloth onto the truck. They weighed about 75-100 lbs apiece, and I am not exactly what you call built. I was really struggling by the end. My arms and back are killing me today. So this whole process took about 3 hours. Then, our boss had also over ordered at another site, so we needed to pick up these other things too. So, to get there, i have to drive over from west seattle to south-east seattle. basically, i drove to renton then up and over the hill to ranier, took a while. What we had to load were these 20 foot long "logs" made out of cocanut husk. we use them to create "natural" streams and swells in wetlands and stuff. so anyways, it was still raining, and these things were fucking soaked through. they were so wet they had shit growing out of them. They weigh about 150 lbs normally, which is no problem for 3 people. they are just unruly. anyways, they were waterlogged, so they weighed about 200-250 lbs apiece, and there were 5 of them, i think. So basically, we had to find a way to walk them to the truck, and load them in on top of all that other shit we had already loaded. it was me, this one guy, and the girl who had asked for help, so basically what i did was grab the middle and put the bulk of the weight on my shoulders so they could manuever it around. then getting into the truck, we had the one guy get in and guide it in, and me try to walk up the bumper into the bed of the truck and just shove this thing so it slides in. It was hell. After that, they sent me to another site to re-mulch part of the fucking hillside, which me and this other girl did for the rest of the day. Mondays are supposed to be an office day for me. it was kind of crazy. After that, i had to drive back to the office anyways to fill out my time sheet and drop some stuff off. I left something at Dans dorm this weekend, so i decide to pick it up while i am over. I call manuel to see if i can use his computer while i am over here. I am drenched, i am filthy, and i smell terrible, so when manuel says come by in 2 hours, i have just enough time to race home, take a shower and race back, which i do. I make it in time to catch manny luckily, and do my freaking homework and my midterm. All day Jay had been trying to track me down to fill out some paper work, but i forgot his number, so i left a few messenger messages for him to try and track me down. while i am at mannys, he shows up with this paperwork, and thus begins the search for addresses, bank account numbers and employer phones. I get it all sorted out, and I wait around at mannys for a bit in case alison calls back. I leave, and minutes after she calls mannys. of course i am on my way home. I was at UW like 3 times, and i never got a hold of her, sucksamaphones. Then when i finally called her from my house and was helping with her chem, some guy came in and started wrestling with her while i was on the phone, so i could hear like grunting and squealing in the background. eventually she managed to get away, but it was kind of strange. he is a friend apparently, but i dunno, i guess i was kind of jealous or something. I was already in a bad mood, so for some reason this made me sad on top of it. I was exhausted, sore, and for some reason this made me start questioning things. to top it off, he took over her computer and started using her messenger, so i couldn't talk to her while she did her homework. Finally, I just went to bed, in an overall bad mood.
I woke up feeling much better, and I talked to her today and feel a lot better. I don't know why i was so perturbed, it must have been the combination of events from the day culminating to that. It really shouldn't have bothered me at all. I had a pretty good day at work today. It wasn't raining, and I got to work with two of the really cool coworkers I have weeding. I hadn't seen them since thursday, so they wanted to know all about the date and the weekend and stuff. they are pretty cool, they always give me advice and stuff from the female perspective, etc, and they are big believers in my whole conservation of energy policy. basically, we all conserve our energy. we know that what we do isn't vital in the long run of things, so we take it easy and just chat. It was nice to just take it easy today. I am glad I have co workers who are so cool. there are 3 girls and 1 guy in particular who are great, i see them as the big sisters and brothers I never had. They are great to work with, and are the reason i see my job as great.
just talked to abroni, still no word on the house doh. That house would be pimp. I don't know if i have told them this, but i see trav and air as two of the coolest people i have met since college. I trust them, and think it would be sweet to live with them. Jay and i get along great after REI and highschool and all, and Blake and I have been friends since 7th grade. this group of guys is pretty much what you hope for when you look for roomates. I trust all of them, and think it would be pimp to live with them. Trav and Air don't really know Blake, but he kicks ass, and it will be awesome to hang out with him more. I am sure you guys will like him, you have met him a few times at parties. This house, if we get it, is going to kick serious ass
Well shit, blog is a little longer than i anticipated. Kudos to anyone who makes it this far
first off, thanks to manuel for letting me use your computer. you made an absolutely shitty day that much less shitty, and i thank you for it :) it was really cool to finally meet Christine, even if we did just say hi to eachother. I hope she isn't scared of us now. we kind of invaded your house, taking over all aspects of your life, from computer to phone to living room to kitchen, etc.
Anyways, before yesterday, I was having an amazing string of good luck. Everything seemed to be falling into place, between seeing Ali and the house on Sunday, to the cop that looked the other way when I ran a yellow light and caught the red light at the tail end of it. I wasn't drunk, but i wouldn't have passed a breatholizer for a minor, i am sure, and I had traces of marijuana in me. I saw the light blink red, and i was just like FUCK as the cop pulled out behind me. It wasn't really my fault. I had plenty of time to get through, there was no way I could stop, the drunk jackasses in front of me slowed down in the middle of the intersection for some reason. The cop smiled and he pulled out after me, then turned onto the freeway to chase down the drunk people. I was just like, sweet, how much better can things get. I just got caught breaking a law with enough substances in my system to get busted based on my age, yet the cop looked the other way. Maybe the Kirkland PD aren't so bad after all, even if they tried to arrest my this winter. the house we looked at was sweet. I really think it is cool, i hope we get it. I managed to meet up with the homies and fill out the paperwork in the madness that was yesterday, and it is apparently all turned in today. now, it is up to fate, and fate has been on my side. from what jay and air say, the landlord seems like a decent enough guy. I have been talking to my parents, and they are pretty supportive. they are willing to help me out a little to begin with if i need it, which is really pimp. i never expected that. and yeah, beyond that, things with Ali are going pretty good. we talk a lot, I have been helping with her chemistry and stuff, and we are going to the Mariners game on saturday. She has work, but she is trying to get it off, and she is calling in sick if she can't. it should be fun, she has never been to a baseball game. I don't know too much about baseball, but enough to get by. I have been following the mariners this year because they are just insane, so it will be fun regardless. I would enjoy myself even if she wasn't there, and having her with me will make things even better. So yeah, that is what I have planned for this saturday during the day. Hopefully some sort of buffoonery gets lined up, I have a feeling I will have a hankerin for some good old fashioned saucy goodness.
Alright, all that said, let me bring you into yesterday. This weekend, one of my co workers told me there was a bit of an emergency at one of the parks we were at, and asked me to come out and help. I said yes, i will do pretty much anything for her and the rest of my coworkers, it is just my bosses i question sometimes. so yeah, I am going to show up a little early so we can get this shit going. First off, it was pouring. driving to work is never fun in the rain, but it was absolutely pouring. then, on the west seattle bridge, some moron had rear ended a school bus, blocking 2 lanes of traffic on that side, and one on ours. So it took me a little longer to get to work. Then, at work, the emergency was this. We use this fabric stuff called jute mat (kind of a think rough mesh material) for erosion control and to hold down seeds in wetland areas when we are planting. Somehow, or boss had managed to over order by about 60 fucking rolls. It was seriously insanity. So, we had all this extra stuff, and nothing to do with it. The contractor working on the site needed to till where we were storing it, so we had to deconstruct the fence we had to store it, and load it all onto a ryder truck. So it is freaking pouring, and me and this other guy are out with wrenches taking down this fence while the other two people go pick up the truck. Then we have to load these 60 rolls of water logged cloth onto the truck. They weighed about 75-100 lbs apiece, and I am not exactly what you call built. I was really struggling by the end. My arms and back are killing me today. So this whole process took about 3 hours. Then, our boss had also over ordered at another site, so we needed to pick up these other things too. So, to get there, i have to drive over from west seattle to south-east seattle. basically, i drove to renton then up and over the hill to ranier, took a while. What we had to load were these 20 foot long "logs" made out of cocanut husk. we use them to create "natural" streams and swells in wetlands and stuff. so anyways, it was still raining, and these things were fucking soaked through. they were so wet they had shit growing out of them. They weigh about 150 lbs normally, which is no problem for 3 people. they are just unruly. anyways, they were waterlogged, so they weighed about 200-250 lbs apiece, and there were 5 of them, i think. So basically, we had to find a way to walk them to the truck, and load them in on top of all that other shit we had already loaded. it was me, this one guy, and the girl who had asked for help, so basically what i did was grab the middle and put the bulk of the weight on my shoulders so they could manuever it around. then getting into the truck, we had the one guy get in and guide it in, and me try to walk up the bumper into the bed of the truck and just shove this thing so it slides in. It was hell. After that, they sent me to another site to re-mulch part of the fucking hillside, which me and this other girl did for the rest of the day. Mondays are supposed to be an office day for me. it was kind of crazy. After that, i had to drive back to the office anyways to fill out my time sheet and drop some stuff off. I left something at Dans dorm this weekend, so i decide to pick it up while i am over. I call manuel to see if i can use his computer while i am over here. I am drenched, i am filthy, and i smell terrible, so when manuel says come by in 2 hours, i have just enough time to race home, take a shower and race back, which i do. I make it in time to catch manny luckily, and do my freaking homework and my midterm. All day Jay had been trying to track me down to fill out some paper work, but i forgot his number, so i left a few messenger messages for him to try and track me down. while i am at mannys, he shows up with this paperwork, and thus begins the search for addresses, bank account numbers and employer phones. I get it all sorted out, and I wait around at mannys for a bit in case alison calls back. I leave, and minutes after she calls mannys. of course i am on my way home. I was at UW like 3 times, and i never got a hold of her, sucksamaphones. Then when i finally called her from my house and was helping with her chem, some guy came in and started wrestling with her while i was on the phone, so i could hear like grunting and squealing in the background. eventually she managed to get away, but it was kind of strange. he is a friend apparently, but i dunno, i guess i was kind of jealous or something. I was already in a bad mood, so for some reason this made me sad on top of it. I was exhausted, sore, and for some reason this made me start questioning things. to top it off, he took over her computer and started using her messenger, so i couldn't talk to her while she did her homework. Finally, I just went to bed, in an overall bad mood.
I woke up feeling much better, and I talked to her today and feel a lot better. I don't know why i was so perturbed, it must have been the combination of events from the day culminating to that. It really shouldn't have bothered me at all. I had a pretty good day at work today. It wasn't raining, and I got to work with two of the really cool coworkers I have weeding. I hadn't seen them since thursday, so they wanted to know all about the date and the weekend and stuff. they are pretty cool, they always give me advice and stuff from the female perspective, etc, and they are big believers in my whole conservation of energy policy. basically, we all conserve our energy. we know that what we do isn't vital in the long run of things, so we take it easy and just chat. It was nice to just take it easy today. I am glad I have co workers who are so cool. there are 3 girls and 1 guy in particular who are great, i see them as the big sisters and brothers I never had. They are great to work with, and are the reason i see my job as great.
just talked to abroni, still no word on the house doh. That house would be pimp. I don't know if i have told them this, but i see trav and air as two of the coolest people i have met since college. I trust them, and think it would be sweet to live with them. Jay and i get along great after REI and highschool and all, and Blake and I have been friends since 7th grade. this group of guys is pretty much what you hope for when you look for roomates. I trust all of them, and think it would be pimp to live with them. Trav and Air don't really know Blake, but he kicks ass, and it will be awesome to hang out with him more. I am sure you guys will like him, you have met him a few times at parties. This house, if we get it, is going to kick serious ass
Well shit, blog is a little longer than i anticipated. Kudos to anyone who makes it this far
