"It's 4 o'clock and we ask ourselves, Where did I go wrong?"
MOTHER GODDAMNED FUCKER!! I just spent the last hour or so updating only to have my browser die in the middle of the last paragraph, god that makes me furious. Anyway, onto the update.
Friday - Spent all day looking at new cell phones. Mine is on it's last leg. I rarely receive calls anymore, I just get the voice mails that are left for me, on the rare occasion I DO actually receive the call about 90% of the time my signal dies and I lose the call, and the screen is forever flashing on and off. So I decided to find a new phone, I found plenty "free upgrades" on the Sprint website, but they were all shitty. They were still better than mine, but they were near obsolete when compared to the shit that has come out in the past few months. I found a website that was offering cheap or free phones when you sign up for new service. They were offering a free Razr or Sidekick II (after rebates) when you sign up for a new account with T-Mobile. So since Sprit has been sucking my balls as of late and I have heard naught but goodness about T-Mobile I have decided to switch. Their plan is much better and I get a free phone, that is up to date tech wise. I am still considering between the 2, on one hand I would love to have full internet and AIM wherever I go (especially with a QWERTY keyboard), but the Sidekick II looks bulky and annoying and I don't know if I want to sacrifice comfortableness for internet, plus it'd be another $10 a month. Who knows. If anyone has used either or both, give me you opinions.
Anyway, after that I met up with wretchedbabydol and Dan at Main Street Pub, had some drinks, hung out for a bit, then Nicki's friend, Brad, showed up, followed later by im_a_pirate_arr and sadisticsoldier. More drinks were had and more fun was had, until it was time to pay the tab. When we first got there we all took out our separate cards to start tabs, the waitress said she only needed one for now. Ok, cool. The night goes by, we get the tab. Notice I say THE tab and not OUR tabS. Despite the fact that we had people showing up at different times and all she threw everything on one tab, not to mention also that the majority of us were drinking Bud Light and none of us really kept track of exactly how many we had, so that was a big mess when the tab shows up and it says "21 Bud Lights". Who had what? We got it all figured out though and tried to pay, but even though the patio was pretty much empty and it was time to close down the waitress would just not come to our table to collect. It took literally almost 20 minutes to pay. Whatever, we pay, then head down to Steak and Shake, where we had a winner of a waiter there too. Dan asks how big the burgers are and dude says "I dunno, like, the size of a burger, I dunno", wow, thanks. Then Brad asks about what can be put into the shakes and he's "I can put anything you want in it, you want burger chunk in it? maybe some shredded cheese? I can do that. What are you asking me?". He was trying to be funny but he came off as being a dick. Oh well. We ate our nasty food and discussed scars a la Jaws, paid, then home for sleep.
Saturday - Sat around all day watching movies and shitty TV, then Nicki and I went out and finally saw Hostel, it started off pretty slow, but it got real good about half way through, I really enjoyed it, it was pretty fucked up, but not nearly as bad as it's been made out to be, but I think that's due to the internet, or more specifically, most posts by mrfurious, desensitizing me to anything remotely disturbing. Oh well. It was good though and I will definitely be picking up the DVD. After that we met up with tekalpha, ldygabilan, Brad, and Kim at Main Street Pub, we didn't stay so long as it was cold as balls there, I was super happy when we arrived because they were playing Decemberists on the stereo, but that ended and it was cold, so we said fuck this and ended up picking up some beers and going to Brads. Had a fun time there, just hanging out, chatting about geeky stuff, and drinking some beers. Kim got pretty drunk apparently and ended up breaking a lamp and the shower curtain. Some more hilarity went on, Gil and I took pics (on his camera), hopefully he posts them so I can laugh at the memories. At around 3 all the beer is gone and we're getting tired, so it's time to head home. This is where the angriness from the last post comes in. I would've posted this before but I wanted permission to post it before I did.
So, we're driving home, Nicki is driving me and her, Gil is following as he had to pick up something from her apartment. About maybe a quarter mile or so from Nicki's place Gil calls me and says a cop pulled out behind her and to be careful. We're sitting at the red light, it turns green Nicki goes and the cop lights go on. FUCK. So she pulls over and the cop gets out, doesn't say anything except "let me see both of your IDs, how much have you guys been drinking", now, ok, I was kinda close to drunk, I wasn't quite DRUNK, but I definitely wasn't sober, but Nicki was driving fine and they really had no reason, that I or Gil could see, to pull her over other than "two younger people are driving around a 3AM, I need to meet my ticket quota". And, no, it's not just sticking up for a friend, she was really driving fine, so I don't get what there reason was for pulling her over.
So he takes our ID's, tells Nicki to get out of the car, gives her the field sobriety tests, which she did fine at, but apparently she failed the breathalyzer, which is fucked up because people have different tolerances. I need to drink a good 5-6 beers before I feel anything, but I know people that are blotto by 2 beers, so I think if you can pass a sobriety test and show that your motor skills and reaction time are cool, then fuck a breathalyzer, but unfortunately that's not how it goes and poor Nicki gets cuffed and placed in the cop car and I am asked to step out of the car.
cop: Are there any drugs in the car?
me: No, not that I'm aware of.
cop: Is your friend on any drugs?
me: No sir, not that i'm aware of.
cop: Does your friend have any warrants out for her arrest?
me: No, not that i'm aware of.
cop: Can you say anything besides that?
me: Sorry, I just met her a week ago, we haven't really had the "do you have any arrest warrants" conversation yet, so I can't answer them with 100% confidence, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't
cop: ::chuckle:: Yeah, likely story, how much have you had to drink?
me: I dunno, like 7 beers maybe
cop: And what's this?? (as he reaches in my pocket)
me: Um.. a receipt from dinner.
cop: Don't be smart with me, are you staying at her place tonight?
me: Yeah, I guess that's the plan.
cop: (gets her keys) Ok, you're done, have a good walk, next time be sure to call a taxi, now get out of here.
. Ok, what an asshole. Now, the whole time Gil is watching this go down, I start walking to her apartment, and Gil calls and asks what the deal is, I get him caught up and he tells me to go back and get her purse so we can get her ATM card for bail money and I get to deal with .
mind you I am still kind of buzzed, I am freezing, and angry, and I am trying my best to be civil.
me: Hi, yes, I needed to get her purse so we can get money out to pay her bail.
cop: You need her permission to do so.
me: Ok, well, do YOU ask her, or should I go, or....
cop: Well she's long gone, so I guess it doesn't matter right now, hm?
me: Ok, well, what should I do about that then?
cop: Well I can't give it to you, you need her permission.
me: Yes, I realize, but she's not here anymore so what should I go about doing?
cop: What are you asking me?? I don't get it, she's not here so I can't do anything.
me: (trying my best not to scream at her) Where do I go to speak with her to get her ATM card??
cop: Oooooooh, you need to go to the police station on Apollo.
me: Ok, thanks.
So that gets figured out, I get in the car with Gil and we go to the police station. There's no one there, we ring the buzzer some lady says Nicki hasn't been booked yet, and to wait and someone will be at the door shortly to help us out. Well what seemed like 20 minutes go by and no one comes out so Gil buzzes them again and now she tells us Nicki has been booked and we can't speak with her anymore and she has to be there for at least 6-8 hours. Not much else we can do but wait, Gil says there's no point in us both staying up all night dealing with this and since I know nothing about this stuff and they know each other better he says he will take care of it. So by now I am sober, he drops me at my car and I drive home, very cautiously because this has gotten me super paranoid about driving at all. I get home, try to sleep but that's not working so well as I am worried about Nicki and what she's dealing with. Poor girl. Eventually I fall sleep, only to wake up a few hours later with an update from Gil, then I somehow fell asleep again.
Today - Not much really, just sat around wondering how Nicki was doing, watched some movies trying to take my mind off of it, Paycheck was on Showtime and nothing else was on, so I watched that, which was surprisingly good, then Nicki called, and all is well, well, as well as can be expected. Talked to her a bit, then she went and took a nap as she obviously didn't sleep well in the jail last night. Other than that I've just been watching some TV, and of course did this update and lost it all. Fucker. Now it's almost 6AM, so it's time for bed.
Friday - Spent all day looking at new cell phones. Mine is on it's last leg. I rarely receive calls anymore, I just get the voice mails that are left for me, on the rare occasion I DO actually receive the call about 90% of the time my signal dies and I lose the call, and the screen is forever flashing on and off. So I decided to find a new phone, I found plenty "free upgrades" on the Sprint website, but they were all shitty. They were still better than mine, but they were near obsolete when compared to the shit that has come out in the past few months. I found a website that was offering cheap or free phones when you sign up for new service. They were offering a free Razr or Sidekick II (after rebates) when you sign up for a new account with T-Mobile. So since Sprit has been sucking my balls as of late and I have heard naught but goodness about T-Mobile I have decided to switch. Their plan is much better and I get a free phone, that is up to date tech wise. I am still considering between the 2, on one hand I would love to have full internet and AIM wherever I go (especially with a QWERTY keyboard), but the Sidekick II looks bulky and annoying and I don't know if I want to sacrifice comfortableness for internet, plus it'd be another $10 a month. Who knows. If anyone has used either or both, give me you opinions.
Anyway, after that I met up with wretchedbabydol and Dan at Main Street Pub, had some drinks, hung out for a bit, then Nicki's friend, Brad, showed up, followed later by im_a_pirate_arr and sadisticsoldier. More drinks were had and more fun was had, until it was time to pay the tab. When we first got there we all took out our separate cards to start tabs, the waitress said she only needed one for now. Ok, cool. The night goes by, we get the tab. Notice I say THE tab and not OUR tabS. Despite the fact that we had people showing up at different times and all she threw everything on one tab, not to mention also that the majority of us were drinking Bud Light and none of us really kept track of exactly how many we had, so that was a big mess when the tab shows up and it says "21 Bud Lights". Who had what? We got it all figured out though and tried to pay, but even though the patio was pretty much empty and it was time to close down the waitress would just not come to our table to collect. It took literally almost 20 minutes to pay. Whatever, we pay, then head down to Steak and Shake, where we had a winner of a waiter there too. Dan asks how big the burgers are and dude says "I dunno, like, the size of a burger, I dunno", wow, thanks. Then Brad asks about what can be put into the shakes and he's "I can put anything you want in it, you want burger chunk in it? maybe some shredded cheese? I can do that. What are you asking me?". He was trying to be funny but he came off as being a dick. Oh well. We ate our nasty food and discussed scars a la Jaws, paid, then home for sleep.
Saturday - Sat around all day watching movies and shitty TV, then Nicki and I went out and finally saw Hostel, it started off pretty slow, but it got real good about half way through, I really enjoyed it, it was pretty fucked up, but not nearly as bad as it's been made out to be, but I think that's due to the internet, or more specifically, most posts by mrfurious, desensitizing me to anything remotely disturbing. Oh well. It was good though and I will definitely be picking up the DVD. After that we met up with tekalpha, ldygabilan, Brad, and Kim at Main Street Pub, we didn't stay so long as it was cold as balls there, I was super happy when we arrived because they were playing Decemberists on the stereo, but that ended and it was cold, so we said fuck this and ended up picking up some beers and going to Brads. Had a fun time there, just hanging out, chatting about geeky stuff, and drinking some beers. Kim got pretty drunk apparently and ended up breaking a lamp and the shower curtain. Some more hilarity went on, Gil and I took pics (on his camera), hopefully he posts them so I can laugh at the memories. At around 3 all the beer is gone and we're getting tired, so it's time to head home. This is where the angriness from the last post comes in. I would've posted this before but I wanted permission to post it before I did.
So, we're driving home, Nicki is driving me and her, Gil is following as he had to pick up something from her apartment. About maybe a quarter mile or so from Nicki's place Gil calls me and says a cop pulled out behind her and to be careful. We're sitting at the red light, it turns green Nicki goes and the cop lights go on. FUCK. So she pulls over and the cop gets out, doesn't say anything except "let me see both of your IDs, how much have you guys been drinking", now, ok, I was kinda close to drunk, I wasn't quite DRUNK, but I definitely wasn't sober, but Nicki was driving fine and they really had no reason, that I or Gil could see, to pull her over other than "two younger people are driving around a 3AM, I need to meet my ticket quota". And, no, it's not just sticking up for a friend, she was really driving fine, so I don't get what there reason was for pulling her over.
So he takes our ID's, tells Nicki to get out of the car, gives her the field sobriety tests, which she did fine at, but apparently she failed the breathalyzer, which is fucked up because people have different tolerances. I need to drink a good 5-6 beers before I feel anything, but I know people that are blotto by 2 beers, so I think if you can pass a sobriety test and show that your motor skills and reaction time are cool, then fuck a breathalyzer, but unfortunately that's not how it goes and poor Nicki gets cuffed and placed in the cop car and I am asked to step out of the car.
cop: Are there any drugs in the car?
me: No, not that I'm aware of.
cop: Is your friend on any drugs?
me: No sir, not that i'm aware of.
cop: Does your friend have any warrants out for her arrest?
me: No, not that i'm aware of.
cop: Can you say anything besides that?
me: Sorry, I just met her a week ago, we haven't really had the "do you have any arrest warrants" conversation yet, so I can't answer them with 100% confidence, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't
cop: ::chuckle:: Yeah, likely story, how much have you had to drink?
me: I dunno, like 7 beers maybe
cop: And what's this?? (as he reaches in my pocket)
me: Um.. a receipt from dinner.
cop: Don't be smart with me, are you staying at her place tonight?
me: Yeah, I guess that's the plan.
cop: (gets her keys) Ok, you're done, have a good walk, next time be sure to call a taxi, now get out of here.
. Ok, what an asshole. Now, the whole time Gil is watching this go down, I start walking to her apartment, and Gil calls and asks what the deal is, I get him caught up and he tells me to go back and get her purse so we can get her ATM card for bail money and I get to deal with .
mind you I am still kind of buzzed, I am freezing, and angry, and I am trying my best to be civil.
me: Hi, yes, I needed to get her purse so we can get money out to pay her bail.
cop: You need her permission to do so.
me: Ok, well, do YOU ask her, or should I go, or....
cop: Well she's long gone, so I guess it doesn't matter right now, hm?
me: Ok, well, what should I do about that then?
cop: Well I can't give it to you, you need her permission.
me: Yes, I realize, but she's not here anymore so what should I go about doing?
cop: What are you asking me?? I don't get it, she's not here so I can't do anything.
me: (trying my best not to scream at her) Where do I go to speak with her to get her ATM card??
cop: Oooooooh, you need to go to the police station on Apollo.
me: Ok, thanks.
So that gets figured out, I get in the car with Gil and we go to the police station. There's no one there, we ring the buzzer some lady says Nicki hasn't been booked yet, and to wait and someone will be at the door shortly to help us out. Well what seemed like 20 minutes go by and no one comes out so Gil buzzes them again and now she tells us Nicki has been booked and we can't speak with her anymore and she has to be there for at least 6-8 hours. Not much else we can do but wait, Gil says there's no point in us both staying up all night dealing with this and since I know nothing about this stuff and they know each other better he says he will take care of it. So by now I am sober, he drops me at my car and I drive home, very cautiously because this has gotten me super paranoid about driving at all. I get home, try to sleep but that's not working so well as I am worried about Nicki and what she's dealing with. Poor girl. Eventually I fall sleep, only to wake up a few hours later with an update from Gil, then I somehow fell asleep again.
Today - Not much really, just sat around wondering how Nicki was doing, watched some movies trying to take my mind off of it, Paycheck was on Showtime and nothing else was on, so I watched that, which was surprisingly good, then Nicki called, and all is well, well, as well as can be expected. Talked to her a bit, then she went and took a nap as she obviously didn't sleep well in the jail last night. Other than that I've just been watching some TV, and of course did this update and lost it all. Fucker. Now it's almost 6AM, so it's time for bed.