wrap up #5
it seems like these kinds of posts are coming sooner and sooner each year...
well, let's see... according to my 2007 prediction of 2008, it would be "one unpredictable ride". yea, i guess...
january katrina quit abode! crap! heath ledger died! crap! this year isn't starting out too well.
february got more work done on my tattoo. it's almost finished. was able to get an intern to work at abode. nice. oh yea, she's hot! oh yea, she's 18. my car is rapidly dying, as is my affection for tammy. ugh, why is she so depressed?! broke my 1st rock band pedal! ahh, memories...
march the car search begins. then i finally finish my tattoo! damn, it took long enough. uh-oh, things at the restaurant are getting pretty bad. schedule changes, budget cuts, secret talks... doesn't look good. but what's this? oh snap, new car! and it's the best new car ever!
april ...but don't enjoy it too much, you just lost your job! fucking fantastic. seriously, Abode was the best job i ever had. good pay, good people, good work. i dont think i'll ever find a job as cool as that again. i hope i do though. but for now, ugh, i'll go work at RPK again. the horror... and then, i ended it with tammy finally. the horror... man, that was a hard one. tried to ease my pain by getting set up with crystal, a girl that katrina works with. well, she turns out to be the first of many girls this year to stand me up with terrible excuses.
may tammy is crazy. wtf? is there something about me and asian girls, or me and younger girls, or a combination of both. jeez... then, add another girl that stood me up. started working at gordon ramsey's restaurant. that would soon prove to be a rather unpleasant job. it definitely got me good at making souffles to order, and i got a few good recipes outta there. while still working at RPK, i get called in to help to a TV shoot. look ma, i'm on tv! and i get to see lucy lui in person! cool.
june a random stop at RPK after work greets me with suge knight smoking blunts with a coworker. ok... at least suge knight thinks i'm an ok guy. a couple days after that, i start my surfing career. totally unrelated, i know. but man, surfing is fun! a little while later i experience one of the lamest vegas trips ever. it was supposed to be good, seeing as my former chef was getting married. but the fact that i missed the entire wedding and both of my flights make it pretty craptacular. i eventually quit the gordon ramsey job, and am promised a wonderful opportunity at a place called Cafe Was. i should start the 1st week of july! oh god, if i only had a crystal ball... to pass the time, i continue surfing & eventually buy my very first board. thanks craigslist.
july "the opening is delayed about a week". yea, right. well see how long it really takes. my rock band geekiness gets the best of me & i purchase the destroyer pedal. it should be here in about 1 month. again, we'll see how long that really takes. make my way over to vegas for an awesome bachelor party. man, that was one badass trip. too bad will's penis is in a padlock. the month ends on a super high note with The Dark Knight, the greatest movie ever. ever ever. forever ever?!
august happy wedding will & ange! that was really nice. and then finally!!! iron chef! my episode finally aired! that was weird seeing me on tv. and wtf, alton brown really likes me for some reason... and then, oh my... my first experience with the best pizza topping ever. oh man, what a good day. the girl i was talking to online even called me up and we set up a date! probably the best day of the year, if not tied with me getting a new car. then, that feeling was crushed by my date standing me up via text message! WHAT THE FCUK!? seriously? how many times has that been this year? damn, she was really hot. like, really. for a few days after that, i wonder if i had been to quick to dismiss her. maybe she really was sick & we could reschedule? ah, fuck it. then i finally start working at Was. well, that only took about 10 weeks.
september work is a lot of work. 18 days straight with 10 hour days. good lord. that means less time surfing, less time for the gym, less time for anything =( had to go to a chiropractor because of work. ouch. at least is the start of rock band thursday at RPK. that's a lot of fun!
october after 93 days of waiting, i finally get that destroyer pedal. and yea, it was worth the wait. one of my coworkers offers to get me a great deal on a flatscreen, and boy does she ever deliever. thank you very much! guitar hero 4 comes out, and I, like the rest of the world, are sorely dissapointed. wtf guitar hero guys, seriously?
november voted for the president. the nation goes insane. work is retarded. i can't believe i'm working in a restaurant that uses velveeta cheese as reputable ingredient and has no qualms about using spoiled hamburger meat. well, at least i found 2 potential jobs. we'll see how that goes. oh look, it's my birthday.
december omfg food poisoning. the worst pain my body has been in since... who knows. i take the job at Reservoir, the small restaurant in silverlake. probably gonna start in january. get yet another tattoo. it's really nice looking though. go eat some bomb ass food in culver city. gotta do that more often! started getting back into golf. i'm actually not terribly bad at it now! xmas is ok. i'd rather spend it with a SO, but there's nothing i can do about that. will & ange's party was cool. waaaaaay too much good food. drunk mario kart is fun. co-op drunk mario kart is hilarious.
2008 had its highs & lows. but despite it being pretty meh, it doesn't really bother me. that is to say, i don't look back and say "man, i hated this year and wish it had been different".
2009? do i hope or expect anything? not really. hoping takes too much out of your life & prevents you from actually accomplishing anything. sure, i have some goals. buy a nice suit, get back to exercising/the gym, get back to surfing asap... i really want this job at Reservoir is a keeper. i want this restaurant to be somewhere where i can re-establish myself as a pastry chef. i don't want this to be another year of job hopping. do i hope this happens? no. it will happen.
c'mon 2009. let's see what we can do.
well, let's see... according to my 2007 prediction of 2008, it would be "one unpredictable ride". yea, i guess...
january katrina quit abode! crap! heath ledger died! crap! this year isn't starting out too well.
february got more work done on my tattoo. it's almost finished. was able to get an intern to work at abode. nice. oh yea, she's hot! oh yea, she's 18. my car is rapidly dying, as is my affection for tammy. ugh, why is she so depressed?! broke my 1st rock band pedal! ahh, memories...
march the car search begins. then i finally finish my tattoo! damn, it took long enough. uh-oh, things at the restaurant are getting pretty bad. schedule changes, budget cuts, secret talks... doesn't look good. but what's this? oh snap, new car! and it's the best new car ever!
april ...but don't enjoy it too much, you just lost your job! fucking fantastic. seriously, Abode was the best job i ever had. good pay, good people, good work. i dont think i'll ever find a job as cool as that again. i hope i do though. but for now, ugh, i'll go work at RPK again. the horror... and then, i ended it with tammy finally. the horror... man, that was a hard one. tried to ease my pain by getting set up with crystal, a girl that katrina works with. well, she turns out to be the first of many girls this year to stand me up with terrible excuses.
may tammy is crazy. wtf? is there something about me and asian girls, or me and younger girls, or a combination of both. jeez... then, add another girl that stood me up. started working at gordon ramsey's restaurant. that would soon prove to be a rather unpleasant job. it definitely got me good at making souffles to order, and i got a few good recipes outta there. while still working at RPK, i get called in to help to a TV shoot. look ma, i'm on tv! and i get to see lucy lui in person! cool.
june a random stop at RPK after work greets me with suge knight smoking blunts with a coworker. ok... at least suge knight thinks i'm an ok guy. a couple days after that, i start my surfing career. totally unrelated, i know. but man, surfing is fun! a little while later i experience one of the lamest vegas trips ever. it was supposed to be good, seeing as my former chef was getting married. but the fact that i missed the entire wedding and both of my flights make it pretty craptacular. i eventually quit the gordon ramsey job, and am promised a wonderful opportunity at a place called Cafe Was. i should start the 1st week of july! oh god, if i only had a crystal ball... to pass the time, i continue surfing & eventually buy my very first board. thanks craigslist.
july "the opening is delayed about a week". yea, right. well see how long it really takes. my rock band geekiness gets the best of me & i purchase the destroyer pedal. it should be here in about 1 month. again, we'll see how long that really takes. make my way over to vegas for an awesome bachelor party. man, that was one badass trip. too bad will's penis is in a padlock. the month ends on a super high note with The Dark Knight, the greatest movie ever. ever ever. forever ever?!
august happy wedding will & ange! that was really nice. and then finally!!! iron chef! my episode finally aired! that was weird seeing me on tv. and wtf, alton brown really likes me for some reason... and then, oh my... my first experience with the best pizza topping ever. oh man, what a good day. the girl i was talking to online even called me up and we set up a date! probably the best day of the year, if not tied with me getting a new car. then, that feeling was crushed by my date standing me up via text message! WHAT THE FCUK!? seriously? how many times has that been this year? damn, she was really hot. like, really. for a few days after that, i wonder if i had been to quick to dismiss her. maybe she really was sick & we could reschedule? ah, fuck it. then i finally start working at Was. well, that only took about 10 weeks.
september work is a lot of work. 18 days straight with 10 hour days. good lord. that means less time surfing, less time for the gym, less time for anything =( had to go to a chiropractor because of work. ouch. at least is the start of rock band thursday at RPK. that's a lot of fun!
october after 93 days of waiting, i finally get that destroyer pedal. and yea, it was worth the wait. one of my coworkers offers to get me a great deal on a flatscreen, and boy does she ever deliever. thank you very much! guitar hero 4 comes out, and I, like the rest of the world, are sorely dissapointed. wtf guitar hero guys, seriously?
november voted for the president. the nation goes insane. work is retarded. i can't believe i'm working in a restaurant that uses velveeta cheese as reputable ingredient and has no qualms about using spoiled hamburger meat. well, at least i found 2 potential jobs. we'll see how that goes. oh look, it's my birthday.
december omfg food poisoning. the worst pain my body has been in since... who knows. i take the job at Reservoir, the small restaurant in silverlake. probably gonna start in january. get yet another tattoo. it's really nice looking though. go eat some bomb ass food in culver city. gotta do that more often! started getting back into golf. i'm actually not terribly bad at it now! xmas is ok. i'd rather spend it with a SO, but there's nothing i can do about that. will & ange's party was cool. waaaaaay too much good food. drunk mario kart is fun. co-op drunk mario kart is hilarious.
2008 had its highs & lows. but despite it being pretty meh, it doesn't really bother me. that is to say, i don't look back and say "man, i hated this year and wish it had been different".
2009? do i hope or expect anything? not really. hoping takes too much out of your life & prevents you from actually accomplishing anything. sure, i have some goals. buy a nice suit, get back to exercising/the gym, get back to surfing asap... i really want this job at Reservoir is a keeper. i want this restaurant to be somewhere where i can re-establish myself as a pastry chef. i don't want this to be another year of job hopping. do i hope this happens? no. it will happen.
c'mon 2009. let's see what we can do.