lava java
So here I am, sitting at Lava Java. It is currently 8:44 am and not a soul in sight. Why? because our plumbing is off. Thats right. its a damn coffee shop and we have no water. Problematic to say the least. I have called Nikki. She in turn told me to call one of our owners, Tim. Yah. About that. Tim is not answering. I was in at 7 am and really couldn't do any of the opening the duties for without water, coffee cannot be procured from ground beans. I would think that this would be an important issue to address.
8:50 am. I am drinking a iced mint tea and listening to the cool as folk launcast station. I have had a turkey sandwich and a pumpkin Muffin thus far. Rufus Wainright is on. Man he is so talented. So I am getting paid to sit here and write a blog that almost no one reads and to "hold down the fort." Does anyone else think that that phrase has become a little too antiquated for current use? I worked until 11pm last night and instead of going to what I was informed as the best Cock and Toast in a long time, I went to sleep because I have been running myself ragged. Two Jobs, Rehearsal, cleaning the House up, etc... I wish I could have gone last night, Jamie's dad came and had a great time. I wish I would Have known that before making my sleeping decision.. grrr.
9:00 am. No calls yet. Third 24 oz. glass of Iced tea. Man, what if I have to pee? I can't use the restroom. Shit. Now because I said it, I do. brb. Ok. Back. Man that is going to smell a lot later. So yah. Jamie and I are doing pretty well. We have gotten to see eachother quite a bit since she has been home, and man, does she need it. "Home" has been driving her crazy. I remember the day when "home" stopped being home for me. That was rough. I think that is what she is going through this summer. Home is now Lax, and not Muktown, but she is stuck there. All of her closest friends either live in Lax or downtown and she is car-less for the most part. She just finished up Aida auditions and is one of 4 finalists for the role of amnaris. I really hope she gets it. Not just because it would be awesome for her to play, but also because she needs to get out of her house as much as possible. It would also give her an excuse for being on the east side a lot. We shall see. I know all of the girls that are finalists and Jamie hands down blows them out of the water, but politics may play a role in the decision. we will see.
9:10. I hate this. I want to quit this stupid job and go home, but I love the perks. hahahahaha. that was a pun... PERKS. lol. Like central perk. GET IT? PERKS. man I am starting to go crazy now. I'm Screaming to my corner man to cut me but he can't hear me. Seriously. how long can this go on? It has been 2 hours and we close in 5. even if the water was turned on right now, it would take us at least 20 minutes before we'd be able to open. I've already turned away a guy who read my sign on the window, pounded on the door, and then claimed to have not seen the 8 1.2 x 11 paper on the door. Hey Chuck, I saw you read it. No. No. Don't bargin with me, I CAN'T SERVE YOU COFFEE. even if I wanted to, which I don't, I CAN'T. AHHHHH. That's like last night. I was working at the hotel. We were completely sold out, along with every hotel in the city. Don't get me started on the NRA. Anyways, every Hotel was sold out. This woman calls and asks about a room. I politely inform her of our status and expect the convo to end there. She is clearly of the ghetto fabulous persuasion and begins to ask me if there is any way. She begs. "Sir, is there any way you can get us a room, like we just needs to get one. Me and my baby gottsta get a room." No ma'am, I honestly do no have a single room available. " Do you have one stashed away you could rent us, like a backup?" What? a backup room? NO we have zero rooms available. Zero. I am very Sorry. "Is your manager In? Could I speak to him or her about this situation?" Ma'am, No, There isn't a manager in, and I don't see how that would change the situation. I have NOTHING available. Literally. Not a closet. Nothing. I am very Sorry. "could we stay with another guest? We would be quiet?" WHAT?!?!?!?! No Ma'am. There is no possibility of you staying at this location tonight. We have nothing available, and I am sorry for that, but the fact remains we have no way of putting you up here at our hotel. I AM VERY SORRY. "Please? Could we sleep in your lobby on a cot?" MA'AM, NO. THERE IS NOTHING HERE FOR YOU. WE HAVE NO ROOMS AVAILABLE, NO ROOM AT THE INN. I AM SORRY BUT THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO. HAVE A NICE DAY. At that point I hung up. I mean, come on. seriously. CAN I SLEEP WITH ANOTHER GUEST? What the fudge. Who the hell asks that? Dont try to bypass me to go to a manager. CHRIST. ahhhhh.
9:25. Just called Nikki and tim again. No answer from either now. Tashana will be here soon. Two people with nothing to do. Getting paid for nothing. Man, I can dig it. I was pissed earlier, but I just realized that I am getting paid for nothing. I'm Suprisingly o.k. with that. I will be out of iced tea soon. That will be bad. I can't brew more. I am addicted to this stuff. I swear it has crack in it. Have you heard the song Crazy by Narls Barkley? It may be the best r&b song I have ever heard. It is simply amazing. The video is fantastic too. It is a play on Ink Blot tests. I know the name of them, I just cant spell them. So I wont. It is amazing. anyways. I am getting very punchy. Tashana should be here soon. I love working with her. she is a blast.
9:35. Phone rang, got excited. It was a customer. Excuse me. Correction. ANGRY customer. I'm getting rather bored. This has kind of turned into a stream of consciousness. I need to go to the post office and change my forwarding address. Yah. about that. I met our landlord. he is a douche. He wants to charge me $50 a month in extra rent for each cat. That's not happening. I will hide the cats everyday when I Leave. At least until we get new roomates. and then we may Just split the cost by 4 which would be an extra $25 a month. Peter doesn't want to help out or to Hide them. I will move out before I pay that kind of money. Not happening. If the Landlord sees them he can see them and charge me. I will say I took them overnight for my folks. It wont be an issue.
9:45. gotta pee again. brb. Last cup of tea. Sad. Just talked to Nikki. She is going to try calling Tim once more and then make a decision. No brainer decision. NO WATER NO COFFEE. Gah. Warm bed, kittes. HOME. Right before I got up this morning Rivers burrowed under the blankets to snuggle. How much did I want to stay in bed? Way too much. So SHR is going really well, I think. It has been a lot of fun thus far and we have gotten rid of the one cankar in our midst. Only one crappy thing remains. Monique, who plays the sufferegette and is in the School House Rockettes, Skipped practice yesterday to audition for Aida. Jamie saw her there. She was one of the finalists for the title role, and I'm betting very heavily in her favor. That will set us back at least a week. I'm fine with it because I dont think Mo is ever really solid. She is talented as hell but can't read music and has a hard time really grasping things when they are tough. It's no good for us when we have a 3 hour saturday rehearsal centered aroun d her and she doesnt show up. Not so good.
9:55. I really like working with Bill Jackson. What a fun director. He is so passionate and caring. He is so much of what I want to be as a performer and director. He and Mark are having a huge impact on me. I love it.
10:00. Tashana is late. Go figure. I feel like im in some Disaster movie just hiding out somewhere waiting to be rescued.
10:05. Tashana Just Called. She was sleeping and Just woke up. I told her to stay home until I know whats happening. Alone. Stay with me here. One of two things is going to happen. Either we are going to stay closed and I am going to go home soon, or we are going to open and I will have to go and work. So either way, this extremely long blog will come to a close. AHH finally a bit of luck! Tom Waits just came on launchcast. I love his voice. So gravel-y and odd. So singular. There are really weird people in this part of town. Really weird. I don't get them. We have this guy who comes in and sits on the computer for 7-10 hours a day. I'm serious. It's that bizarre. He buys one cookie, usually a day old(presumably because you have to buy something to use the computers), and sits in chat rooms all day. sometimes he hooks up his earpeice and talks to the pople. It's always a girl, and he's always pandering for something. Down to half a glass of tea. not good. I don't like my odds here if I have to switch to water.
10:15. Took the cash register out. Turned everyting off except the Music. I hope that means soon I can return home. Gah. Nick Drake is on launch now. Two people just got very pissed off and kicked the door. I guess you can't fuck with people's coffee. It's amazing what people get mad about. People get all up in arms about the smallest things, but choose not to say anything about the big stuff. The same person who will complain about their non-fat all skim large(fuck starbucks and their stuid names, large is large.) sugarfree hazelnutt latte no whip being too weak or too strong, but not mention a thing when their property taxes go through the roof, or people are dying overseas. Their coffee is a bigger injustice than the people dying in Darfor. I know it sounds like an exageration, but it isnt. People are idiots.
10:25. RIP Rishi Mint Green Tea 5/18/06-5/21/06. You were so young and so delicious, and now you are gone from us. i'm going to go mourn you with a pee into a waterless toilet.
10:30. I think the plumbers were looking at porn last night. thats whats up on compy 2. I can't imagine a customer was doing it. ICK. Nikki Better call soon. im getting tired and I don't want to be here anymore. My tea is gone and I need some time to myself t mourn it's passing. Although I know it is still alive, in me.
10:45. I am going home. Nikki Just called, and I am outta here. Peace out cub scouts. Thanks for staying with me.
8:50 am. I am drinking a iced mint tea and listening to the cool as folk launcast station. I have had a turkey sandwich and a pumpkin Muffin thus far. Rufus Wainright is on. Man he is so talented. So I am getting paid to sit here and write a blog that almost no one reads and to "hold down the fort." Does anyone else think that that phrase has become a little too antiquated for current use? I worked until 11pm last night and instead of going to what I was informed as the best Cock and Toast in a long time, I went to sleep because I have been running myself ragged. Two Jobs, Rehearsal, cleaning the House up, etc... I wish I could have gone last night, Jamie's dad came and had a great time. I wish I would Have known that before making my sleeping decision.. grrr.
9:00 am. No calls yet. Third 24 oz. glass of Iced tea. Man, what if I have to pee? I can't use the restroom. Shit. Now because I said it, I do. brb. Ok. Back. Man that is going to smell a lot later. So yah. Jamie and I are doing pretty well. We have gotten to see eachother quite a bit since she has been home, and man, does she need it. "Home" has been driving her crazy. I remember the day when "home" stopped being home for me. That was rough. I think that is what she is going through this summer. Home is now Lax, and not Muktown, but she is stuck there. All of her closest friends either live in Lax or downtown and she is car-less for the most part. She just finished up Aida auditions and is one of 4 finalists for the role of amnaris. I really hope she gets it. Not just because it would be awesome for her to play, but also because she needs to get out of her house as much as possible. It would also give her an excuse for being on the east side a lot. We shall see. I know all of the girls that are finalists and Jamie hands down blows them out of the water, but politics may play a role in the decision. we will see.
9:10. I hate this. I want to quit this stupid job and go home, but I love the perks. hahahahaha. that was a pun... PERKS. lol. Like central perk. GET IT? PERKS. man I am starting to go crazy now. I'm Screaming to my corner man to cut me but he can't hear me. Seriously. how long can this go on? It has been 2 hours and we close in 5. even if the water was turned on right now, it would take us at least 20 minutes before we'd be able to open. I've already turned away a guy who read my sign on the window, pounded on the door, and then claimed to have not seen the 8 1.2 x 11 paper on the door. Hey Chuck, I saw you read it. No. No. Don't bargin with me, I CAN'T SERVE YOU COFFEE. even if I wanted to, which I don't, I CAN'T. AHHHHH. That's like last night. I was working at the hotel. We were completely sold out, along with every hotel in the city. Don't get me started on the NRA. Anyways, every Hotel was sold out. This woman calls and asks about a room. I politely inform her of our status and expect the convo to end there. She is clearly of the ghetto fabulous persuasion and begins to ask me if there is any way. She begs. "Sir, is there any way you can get us a room, like we just needs to get one. Me and my baby gottsta get a room." No ma'am, I honestly do no have a single room available. " Do you have one stashed away you could rent us, like a backup?" What? a backup room? NO we have zero rooms available. Zero. I am very Sorry. "Is your manager In? Could I speak to him or her about this situation?" Ma'am, No, There isn't a manager in, and I don't see how that would change the situation. I have NOTHING available. Literally. Not a closet. Nothing. I am very Sorry. "could we stay with another guest? We would be quiet?" WHAT?!?!?!?! No Ma'am. There is no possibility of you staying at this location tonight. We have nothing available, and I am sorry for that, but the fact remains we have no way of putting you up here at our hotel. I AM VERY SORRY. "Please? Could we sleep in your lobby on a cot?" MA'AM, NO. THERE IS NOTHING HERE FOR YOU. WE HAVE NO ROOMS AVAILABLE, NO ROOM AT THE INN. I AM SORRY BUT THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO. HAVE A NICE DAY. At that point I hung up. I mean, come on. seriously. CAN I SLEEP WITH ANOTHER GUEST? What the fudge. Who the hell asks that? Dont try to bypass me to go to a manager. CHRIST. ahhhhh.
9:25. Just called Nikki and tim again. No answer from either now. Tashana will be here soon. Two people with nothing to do. Getting paid for nothing. Man, I can dig it. I was pissed earlier, but I just realized that I am getting paid for nothing. I'm Suprisingly o.k. with that. I will be out of iced tea soon. That will be bad. I can't brew more. I am addicted to this stuff. I swear it has crack in it. Have you heard the song Crazy by Narls Barkley? It may be the best r&b song I have ever heard. It is simply amazing. The video is fantastic too. It is a play on Ink Blot tests. I know the name of them, I just cant spell them. So I wont. It is amazing. anyways. I am getting very punchy. Tashana should be here soon. I love working with her. she is a blast.
9:35. Phone rang, got excited. It was a customer. Excuse me. Correction. ANGRY customer. I'm getting rather bored. This has kind of turned into a stream of consciousness. I need to go to the post office and change my forwarding address. Yah. about that. I met our landlord. he is a douche. He wants to charge me $50 a month in extra rent for each cat. That's not happening. I will hide the cats everyday when I Leave. At least until we get new roomates. and then we may Just split the cost by 4 which would be an extra $25 a month. Peter doesn't want to help out or to Hide them. I will move out before I pay that kind of money. Not happening. If the Landlord sees them he can see them and charge me. I will say I took them overnight for my folks. It wont be an issue.
9:45. gotta pee again. brb. Last cup of tea. Sad. Just talked to Nikki. She is going to try calling Tim once more and then make a decision. No brainer decision. NO WATER NO COFFEE. Gah. Warm bed, kittes. HOME. Right before I got up this morning Rivers burrowed under the blankets to snuggle. How much did I want to stay in bed? Way too much. So SHR is going really well, I think. It has been a lot of fun thus far and we have gotten rid of the one cankar in our midst. Only one crappy thing remains. Monique, who plays the sufferegette and is in the School House Rockettes, Skipped practice yesterday to audition for Aida. Jamie saw her there. She was one of the finalists for the title role, and I'm betting very heavily in her favor. That will set us back at least a week. I'm fine with it because I dont think Mo is ever really solid. She is talented as hell but can't read music and has a hard time really grasping things when they are tough. It's no good for us when we have a 3 hour saturday rehearsal centered aroun d her and she doesnt show up. Not so good.
9:55. I really like working with Bill Jackson. What a fun director. He is so passionate and caring. He is so much of what I want to be as a performer and director. He and Mark are having a huge impact on me. I love it.
10:00. Tashana is late. Go figure. I feel like im in some Disaster movie just hiding out somewhere waiting to be rescued.
10:05. Tashana Just Called. She was sleeping and Just woke up. I told her to stay home until I know whats happening. Alone. Stay with me here. One of two things is going to happen. Either we are going to stay closed and I am going to go home soon, or we are going to open and I will have to go and work. So either way, this extremely long blog will come to a close. AHH finally a bit of luck! Tom Waits just came on launchcast. I love his voice. So gravel-y and odd. So singular. There are really weird people in this part of town. Really weird. I don't get them. We have this guy who comes in and sits on the computer for 7-10 hours a day. I'm serious. It's that bizarre. He buys one cookie, usually a day old(presumably because you have to buy something to use the computers), and sits in chat rooms all day. sometimes he hooks up his earpeice and talks to the pople. It's always a girl, and he's always pandering for something. Down to half a glass of tea. not good. I don't like my odds here if I have to switch to water.
10:15. Took the cash register out. Turned everyting off except the Music. I hope that means soon I can return home. Gah. Nick Drake is on launch now. Two people just got very pissed off and kicked the door. I guess you can't fuck with people's coffee. It's amazing what people get mad about. People get all up in arms about the smallest things, but choose not to say anything about the big stuff. The same person who will complain about their non-fat all skim large(fuck starbucks and their stuid names, large is large.) sugarfree hazelnutt latte no whip being too weak or too strong, but not mention a thing when their property taxes go through the roof, or people are dying overseas. Their coffee is a bigger injustice than the people dying in Darfor. I know it sounds like an exageration, but it isnt. People are idiots.
10:25. RIP Rishi Mint Green Tea 5/18/06-5/21/06. You were so young and so delicious, and now you are gone from us. i'm going to go mourn you with a pee into a waterless toilet.
10:30. I think the plumbers were looking at porn last night. thats whats up on compy 2. I can't imagine a customer was doing it. ICK. Nikki Better call soon. im getting tired and I don't want to be here anymore. My tea is gone and I need some time to myself t mourn it's passing. Although I know it is still alive, in me.
10:45. I am going home. Nikki Just called, and I am outta here. Peace out cub scouts. Thanks for staying with me.