TIJUANADVENTURE
FANTABULOUS MICHAEL FAULKNER PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
an IRRESPONSIBLE TOMMY/CRAZY NAT production
T I J U A N A D V E N T U R E
in COLOR
starring catsonmars & fabulous_papaya
featuring ENRIQUE as himself
and tanzy as the Phantom Menace
So Tanzy calls at 11:30 for directions, and again at 11:45 to chicken out. Her loss; TJ rocked. What a filthy, dangerous, awesome, fun city.
PHOTO GALLERY:
THIS IS HOW I REMEMBER THE EVENING
THE LEGEND COMES TO LIFE
...
THE GOOD:
- San Diego Trolley service to the International Border
- The novelty of going to another country for the day
- Cheap food, cheap booze
- Enrique (the local) taking us to his favorite haunts and driving us around one of Mexico's most dangerous large cities so we didn't have to walk
- Milanesa sandwich and sausage at the pub
- Jamaica (drink, not country)
- 4 pitchers of beer for 3 people
- Guy in the bathroom asking me if I was all right
- Not getting shivved
- The Tijuana beach at midnight, with its giant spiked fence that doesn't even keep you from casually walking onto American soil, that is LITERALLY RIGHT HERE
- Taunting the US Border Patrol cruiser (headlights dimmed) stationed at said beach by casually jumping between said poles; having my right half in America and my left half in Mexico and vice-versa. (Alternate entry: "Violating international law")
- U-Turn to USA and the fond memories it brought back
- Calimax
- Drunkenly calling nanakaoruAGAGAGAG on Enrique's cellphone
- Getting increasingly drunk, trying to speak Spanish and accidentally speaking Japanese. ME LLAMO TOMMY DESU. GRACIAS NE.
- ENRIQUE HAS TWO CELL PHONES
- Leaving Natalia's at 3:45 AM and getting home at... 5 AM. SAN DIEGO TO LOS ANGELES IN ONE HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES!!!
THE BAD:
- OH MY GOD MY STOMACH
- MexiDonald's
- Street-vendor Hot Dog OH GOD MY STOMACH
- 4 pitchers of beer for 3 people >.<
- Blacking out and waking up in a bathtub full of ice with no kidneys
- New England-style rotaries
- SEEING A MAN DEAD AT THE WHEEL OF A VAN IN A ROTARY
- RUNNING AWAY FROM THE TIJUANA POLICE AFTER OUR BEACH BORDER SHENANIGANS (YES REALLY)
- THAT TASTE IN MY MOUTH THAT WON'T GO AWAY
- The gauntlet we had to walk to get to the border
- THE HEADACHE AND HANGOVER
- Cigarette smoke athsma/allergy trigger =(
THE UGLY:
- Tijuana
QUOTES:
ME: "So Enrique, you got a new car!"
ENRIQUE: "Yeah, I crashed my other one into the side of a house while I was drunk."
"So, did you buy this car with no radio, or did the radio get stolen?"
(LATER)
NAT: "LOOK AT ALL THE COPS. THEY ARE ROUNDING UP PEOPLE! THERE IS A TWELVE YEAR OLD BOY IN THAT TRUCK!"
ENRIQUE: "OH SHIT SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT!" *MAKES CRAZY DRIVING MOVES TO AVOID POLICIA*
"OH MY GOD THAT MAN IS DEAD AT THE WHEEL OHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT"
"DRIVE! DRIVE AND DON'T LOOK BACK!!!"
"Now I'm in Mexico! Now I'm in America! Now I'm in Mexico! Now I'm in America!"
ME: "The border fence is wet and sticky."
NAT: "THOSE ARE TEARS."
ME: "So the other day we went to an awful concert of this washed up, terrible singer."
ENRIQUE: "Oh, was it Mari Iijima?"
ME AND NAT: "............................."
ENRIQUE: "So yeah, they just arrested the big leader of the drug cartel, so I'm waiting for the killings to start."
"Now THAT house was built with drug money."
...
ALL IN ALL, A SUCCESSFUL ADVENTURE!!! WILL WE EVER RETURN TO TIJUANA? Someday... (next week?)
TO COMMEMORATE THIS GLORIOUS EXPERIENCE... a new livejournal icon!
-Tommy
an IRRESPONSIBLE TOMMY/CRAZY NAT production
T I J U A N A D V E N T U R E
in COLOR
starring catsonmars & fabulous_papaya
featuring ENRIQUE as himself
and tanzy as the Phantom Menace
So Tanzy calls at 11:30 for directions, and again at 11:45 to chicken out. Her loss; TJ rocked. What a filthy, dangerous, awesome, fun city.
PHOTO GALLERY:
THIS IS HOW I REMEMBER THE EVENING
THE LEGEND COMES TO LIFE
...
THE GOOD:
- San Diego Trolley service to the International Border
- The novelty of going to another country for the day
- Cheap food, cheap booze
- Enrique (the local) taking us to his favorite haunts and driving us around one of Mexico's most dangerous large cities so we didn't have to walk
- Milanesa sandwich and sausage at the pub
- Jamaica (drink, not country)
- 4 pitchers of beer for 3 people
- Guy in the bathroom asking me if I was all right
- Not getting shivved
- The Tijuana beach at midnight, with its giant spiked fence that doesn't even keep you from casually walking onto American soil, that is LITERALLY RIGHT HERE
- Taunting the US Border Patrol cruiser (headlights dimmed) stationed at said beach by casually jumping between said poles; having my right half in America and my left half in Mexico and vice-versa. (Alternate entry: "Violating international law")
- U-Turn to USA and the fond memories it brought back
- Calimax
- Drunkenly calling nanakaoruAGAGAGAG on Enrique's cellphone
- Getting increasingly drunk, trying to speak Spanish and accidentally speaking Japanese. ME LLAMO TOMMY DESU. GRACIAS NE.
- ENRIQUE HAS TWO CELL PHONES
- Leaving Natalia's at 3:45 AM and getting home at... 5 AM. SAN DIEGO TO LOS ANGELES IN ONE HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES!!!
THE BAD:
- OH MY GOD MY STOMACH
- MexiDonald's
- Street-vendor Hot Dog OH GOD MY STOMACH
- 4 pitchers of beer for 3 people >.<
- Blacking out and waking up in a bathtub full of ice with no kidneys
- New England-style rotaries
- SEEING A MAN DEAD AT THE WHEEL OF A VAN IN A ROTARY
- RUNNING AWAY FROM THE TIJUANA POLICE AFTER OUR BEACH BORDER SHENANIGANS (YES REALLY)
- THAT TASTE IN MY MOUTH THAT WON'T GO AWAY
- The gauntlet we had to walk to get to the border
- THE HEADACHE AND HANGOVER
- Cigarette smoke athsma/allergy trigger =(
THE UGLY:
- Tijuana
QUOTES:
ME: "So Enrique, you got a new car!"
ENRIQUE: "Yeah, I crashed my other one into the side of a house while I was drunk."
"So, did you buy this car with no radio, or did the radio get stolen?"
(LATER)
NAT: "LOOK AT ALL THE COPS. THEY ARE ROUNDING UP PEOPLE! THERE IS A TWELVE YEAR OLD BOY IN THAT TRUCK!"
ENRIQUE: "OH SHIT SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT!" *MAKES CRAZY DRIVING MOVES TO AVOID POLICIA*
"OH MY GOD THAT MAN IS DEAD AT THE WHEEL OHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT"
"DRIVE! DRIVE AND DON'T LOOK BACK!!!"
"Now I'm in Mexico! Now I'm in America! Now I'm in Mexico! Now I'm in America!"
ME: "The border fence is wet and sticky."
NAT: "THOSE ARE TEARS."
ME: "So the other day we went to an awful concert of this washed up, terrible singer."
ENRIQUE: "Oh, was it Mari Iijima?"
ME AND NAT: "............................."
ENRIQUE: "So yeah, they just arrested the big leader of the drug cartel, so I'm waiting for the killings to start."
"Now THAT house was built with drug money."
...
ALL IN ALL, A SUCCESSFUL ADVENTURE!!! WILL WE EVER RETURN TO TIJUANA? Someday... (next week?)
TO COMMEMORATE THIS GLORIOUS EXPERIENCE... a new livejournal icon!
-Tommy