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Went to go see Tortured Soul last night in the city. Reggie and Trisha are really into them, and for good reason. They put on a stellar show, even after performing the night before and being sick. We hit up Fly beforehand, and the bartender hooked us up with some free drank.
If you have never heard of Tortured Soul, you gotta get dat. Gotta get dat.
Chrome held and alleycat and goldsprints race in San Francisco at their 4th st. location.
Normally goldsprints are pretty fun and exciting. You hop on the stationary bike and ride for either 500m or 1000m. Not 2000m. On Friday night I experienced probably one of the most brutal and rigorous exercises ever.
The standard 500m distance can be completed in around 20 seconds. Just multiply that by more than 4x for the 2000m. The amount of stress that your body endures during that 1 plus minute and afterwards is nothing short of torture. Matt yakked a few times after his race. I collapsed onto the cement sidewalk after getting murdered by 15 seconds by Jose.
I was also able to snap a picture of the elusive couple that is Citybeats and Manjo.
Caught!
As we were living it up in Vegas, I tried to keep mental notes of all the hobo lifestyle tricks that we pulled during our stay. Below is a short list of things you can do to stretch your dollar.
-We paid for a regular room at Excalibur, and then upgraded to a widescreen room. Matt found this trick online, and Reggie confirmed it as he did this when he was in Sin City. What’s the trick?
The trick is to slip a $20 bill in between your driver’s license and credit card, while handing it over the front desk person. Say something along the lines of, “I have a room under Billy Bob, do you have any complimentary room upgrades available?”
When we went to go register, the hotel manager was watching us, so I couldn’t slip in the $20. However, as soon as he left, we asked the lady for the upgrade and she said she already upgraded us! Free suc doo.
-Hotels are always giving away free swag out in the streets or in the lobbies. We scored free buffett tickets by spinning a wheel of fortune giveaway.
-You can drink on the strip in Las Vegas, so remember to drink while walking to the club/bars. You can save money on hailing a cab, and get suc while walking.
-Drinks in the casinos are free too, just make sure you tip your waiter/waitress.
-Know people who know people. There are plenty of people in Vegas who have hookups to all sorts of things, so just go out and find ‘em.
Since moving into my new apartment, I have been toiling with a few different color schemes for my walls. I decided to go with a more subtle neutral color on one wall, while going with a bold red on the opposite wall. Hopefully it comes together nicely.
It all started with a free concert featuring Third Eye Blind on Thursday. Then on Friday it was off to Vegas. There was some serious suc action over there. I can’t even begin to recall all the grandness of it all.
Some highlights: girls, riding from 6am to 8am in 80 degree weather, girls, clubs, suc…. I think we can call it a complete SUCcess. Here are just a few pics to cap it off. It was so much fun that I didn’t even have time to snap pictures. What happens in Vegas…
You will also be pleased to know that we accomplished our trip to Vegas on the cheaps. More on that after I recover.
Yes.
Darin was host to his birthday bbq at his huge new-ish house in San Jose. Brendan came through and also brought about half of Costco with him. Not bad for a Wednesday evening.
There were many funny moments and incidents, including Kevin holding on for dear life over the koi fish pond and Neiman going parallel with the floor after flying off the Indo board.
One of the many mind blowing moments last night included a conversation between Jared, JP and myself. We were talking about blogs, when Jared mentioned one of his blogosphere heroes. I was like what the, Matt Rennick is also one of the blogs I follow religiously! Both of us started to laugh hysterically and yell incoherently for no shorter than 10 minutes. Then we proceeded to talk about Matt’s personal life in a little too much detail than we would probably care to admit.
Also: Sorry about the lack of updates, but the undisclosed location where I have been getting my internet from is currently undergoing renovation. Hopefully they will get my connection up and running soon. Haha.
The words of Dan Diggity. His family just opened up the Corner Shop Stop on 7th St., so they hosted a grand opening bash. Music Machine was there to spin it up along with some other folks. Free eggrolls baby! The Like Me’s (sp) also played, which was pretty fun to watch since they were your “typical generic Southeast Asian girlband.”
The Subzero festival was held in the SoFA district on Friday. It’s a one evening event that highlights all things art and shenanigans. Although I was at Works for most of the night, SJFixed had a booth set up with various goods for sale. I think it gave us some positive exposure, especially with the upcoming alleycat.
The alleycat on Sunday was grueling. Depending on which route you took, it was at least a 40 mile race through stop signs, red lights and insane amounts of traffic. Almost everyone I spoke with had leg cramps by the end of the race.
There were 5 checkpoints scattered throughout the southbay, all of which were malls. San Jose State was the starting point and Williams park was the finish. The first checkpoint was Oakridge mall, then Great Mall in Milpitas, back to Eastridge mall in San Jose, and finally Santana Row in Santa Clara before coming back to the park. Reggie and I managed to finish in the 20s even though we had a couple run ins with motorists and police.
All in all it was a good day, there were 175 registered racers, with over 100 actually finishing. Mark and the whole entire team did a good job of organizing and spreading the word. Series two is in the books!
Right outside my apartment baby.
