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What is really happening? Where is all this going?

Today I went for a long run and a long walk. The run, down the West Side Highway. My typical running trail lately. Not the best therapy session ever. I'm not in as good of shape as I would like to be in for the upcoming hockey season. I'll be playing on a team called the Freakers. Hopefully I'll be able to play the rest of the entire season and not be forced to move back to Texas.

Later this afternoon, I took a walk across the brooklyn bridge. With the intentions of eating at a pizza place that I've heard is supposed to be amazing. Unfortunately, when i arrived there after the 2 mile walk, it was closed. "On Vacation, open after labor day" was what the sign said. I guess that is what happens when places are small like that. Fortunatly, there was an interesting place next to it where i was able to grab a tasty sandwich.

So what's next... Florida will probably continue for a while. Maybe I'll be able to get a new opportunity that will allow for me to stay in NY. We shall see.

Back to watching Kingpin...

i'm going to the big d and I do mean Dallas

Tomorrow night, I head back to Dallas for the weekend. I'm kind of excited to drink some of my absolutely most favorite beers (although Brooklyn beer has been good to me and is actually very tasty if you get the right kind).

After this weekend, the next time I'll be back in Dallas will be mid June... so about 1.5 months. I'm getting very used to not being there... and good thing too, since I rented out my room there temporarily. NYC has been great to me, I've met some awesome people and experienced some really cool things. My two roommates and I will be moving next month... which will give me the chance to explore more parts of the city.

I'll try to blog more... it's just rough when you don't have internet...

Peace.

Columbia library

new york new york... how i love thee

For the past two months or so, I've been spending my weekends in NYC. It's been awesome times and interesting experiences. I've met some really great people and hung out with some old friends. This Friday, I meet with my boss to discuss the possibility of me transfering to the NY office. Is this really something I can do?

Yes. It is. We will see how Friday goes. If all goes well, I'll begin planning my exit strategy friday night.

This is me breathing.

Change is of the essence

Yesterday was my last day in Dallas for one month. I'll be spending the next month in Florida and New York. I will be returning March 2nd... and will be in dallas for about 14 hours... then off to Whistler for an amazing ski trip... and then back to dallas for about 14 hours. Then back to Florida/NY for as long as I can keep this going.

I haven't yet decided if I want to make this more of a permanent move, but lately I've been thinking that I should. Dallas has been great to me. It really has, but I'm getting old and this may be one of my last chances to live in such an awesome city. I sent an email to our head guy of Dallas, letting him know that I would like to talk to him about all of this. He wants to meet in person... unfortunately, I'm not sure when I will return though for a long enough time to actually speak with him in person.

This is all going to be interesting. I'll post some pics later this week of my apartment in NYC. I'll be living with two random people that I found on craigslist. From talking to them so far, they seem like really awesome people. So it should be fun.

More to come later this week.

Life at the Homewood

In the past few months... i've spent several nights at a hotel in Juno Beach, FL called the Homewood Suites. Of course, it is a hilton brand hotel (which is pretty much the only place I will stay since i'm a hilton whore). The beds are decent, pillows are a little big, but i get by.

The good thing about the homewood, the free breakfast and dinner. This allows me to save my per diem. Yes, I know i'm cheap, but with my travel lifestyle, it's kind of necessary to afford it all. After tonight, i've begun reconsidering. The food... is cafeteria food, at best. It's extremely salty, and i'm a little worried that it is really really really bad for me. From now on, i will no longer... wait, who am i kidding, it's free, i'm cheap, and i'm going to keep eating it. Even if it... well... kills me.

This is 2009... This is the year of the Dude

2009 started out pretty well. I ended up in San Francisco after a few hours of being delayed on Thursday, Jan 1. Started off the day with Webb and Meridith in an area called the Haight. I believe if I ever do get to move to San Fran, this would be the area I would want to live in. We drank a few awesome beers at a place called Magnolia Pub and had an awesome Pizza. Then went to some strange stores and tried on crazy hats.


That night we stayed in Menlo Park, went to a few local small bars and met some interesting people. Then tried to watch Kung Foo Panda, but ended up falling asleep.

Friday involved us waking up and running some errands and chilling out in the afternoon. I caught myself up on mint and was able to make a pretty accurate estimate on how much I spent on bars in 2008. I will say this, it was about what I expected. All in all, I made at least 20 visits and spent 500 bucks at my favorite bar, The Gingerman. Maybe in 2009, I can shift more of my bar expenses to the Gingerman, since that is my favorite place to be.

Friday night... was... well Awesome. The theme of the night was... Vietnamese, a secret, fire, and a castle (not in any particular order). The night consisted of the following characters... Son, Lan, Webb, Mere, and myself. An exciting and wonderful crowd if I do say so myself. The Vietnamese food was good, way better than I thought. From there, we stayed in the Tenderloin area (supposedly a shady area in San Fran, wasn't that bad) and progressed to a secret bar called Bourbon and Branch. It was a speakeasy bar that isn't really labeled well and is suppose to provide a glimpse back into the prohibition days. They had several types of scotch and whiskey... which was awesome. But I still ordered a beer. From there, we traveled to Edinburgh Castle. Another local bar that had some awesome beers on draft. We had several drinks of course and good times went down.

After the Castle... we strolled down to the Fire Bar. To this day, i have no idea what it is called, but it was a party. As we walked in, i could smell some kind of remnants of fire. Apparently, they had just lit the bar on fire prior to us arriving. We learned soon after, that they only light the bar on fire once a night... and we missed it. At this point, webb proceeded to order one of every beer that they have on draft... which might have been 10 to 12 beers for 4 people. I think i had about 2.5. Webb was also able to make friends with a local who helped convince them to light the bar on fire again. A San Fran first. This is what it looked like:

It was amazing. After this... we stumbled and walked really far to make it home. We found Bob's Donuts and ate the crap out of them. Apparently I had a pretty long conversation with a homeless man, and webb tried to make it rain money for the homeless man. After arriving at Lan's place, I pretty much passed out immediately in a chair and was done for the night. All in all, a great night. The next day, webb was pretty sick, and i was kind of hurting. San Fran was a great trip... and this trip once again made me hopeful to possibly move to San Fran some point soon. I like it there... just not sure what i would do there.

New kicks.

I'm pretty sure this photo won't come tbrough. But, enjoy

2009

... Is here. Curently chilling in the laguna beach airport. Last night was tamer than the night before exponentially. I get the feeling it is going to be a pretty good year. Off to san Francisco....