Right On Target

First off, let me send out my thanks for helping me resolve my font issues. Greatly appreciated by an Asian who is not tech smart, imagine that...

Anyways, I would like to write about my weekend which started Thur night. Thursday night, May 7, 2009, was the first Thursday of the month. Therefore it could mean none other than... Bike Night! Every month, the first Thur they post a theme somewhere on the web and literally hundreds of kids would dress up and ride through downtown. Driving a car down either of the one way streets is near impossible. Cars would be stuck at intersections for minutes with bikes cutting them off trying to tell you to get the heck out of there and so forth. The idea is so brilliant yet original it just calls for good times and laughter. Kids would drive little motored trucks, that look like they were meant for toddlers, blasting hip hop music from it. And countless number of people would get pulled over by cops for law violations; most of them BUI, which I think stands for Biking Under the Influence. Not quite sure, but nonetheless, its good stuff.

Moving on to Friday, I'm not sure if I remember it all, but I will give it a shot. I had lunch downtown at Firestone, which makes the best tri-tip sandwich ever, with two of my recruiters and a friend who joined the Army with me. That was a good lunch with interesting conversations. However, a point was brought up that made me feel uncomfortable with my future and what might be a result of my current state. But I'll talk about that in another blog if I feel necessary. After lunch I ran to the beach where I met the guys from the Henderson House. Best group of guys I might ever meet. The run was only about 4 miles, but it still kicked my butt. But the beach was gorgeous. I'm gonna miss these California beaches when I'm suffering from the heat and humidity in Georgia. No doubt about it. And to my knowledge, that's all I can muster out of my dazzled mind.

What's next, Saturday? Well, I traveled about 30 miles to a small town called Paso Robles where I got some ice cream and had a solid several hour quiet time. It was down right legit. I specifically went to that park, not only because it was lovely, but it brought back memories of tour. I remember we walked a few blocks from where we were staying and we all got ice cream from cold stones and just hung out. Mike also tackled me from the side and thought it was hilarious and what not. Haha. So yeah, I got ice cream from cold stones and sat and observed and basked in Gods glory for at least 3 hours. It was wonderful. I can't go on about it. There was a little boys birthday party going on and another mom watching her kid that really stuck out to me. Everything was just... Beautiful. Anyways, back to reality now. I come back to my house and is soon reunited with my best buddy Luke where we spend hours making a song and recording it to send to his mother the following day. That was loads of fun.

And finally, Sunday, Mothers day. Today wasn't as eventful as the past few, but it was a good time to catch my breath. I worked on a lot of HW in the morning and kinda hung out. Nothing really happened till about 8 where my roommate Travis and I went to the Henderson House where we caravaned to Sunset Theaters, a drive-in theater right off the 101. We had about 24 people all come together and watched Wolverine. It was a decent movie, but the fact that we loaded up on couches and blankets was, I think, the best part of the night. We even smuggled one guy in who was, ironically, Mexican. Hahaha. On our way back, however, a couch flew out of the truck I was riding in and we didn't even realize till we got home. Turns out it was on the freeway; so we regrouped and set out to retrieved it. And that, my friends, will be the conclusion of my Mothers Day weekend. A fairly perfect weekend that was right on target.

Shootin Blanks

Well, first real post; here I go! Before I start explaining this grand adventure I had tonight with my roommates Ryan and Travis I must first explain a previous adventure Travis and I took sometime early last year: One night we, Travis and I, found out we have a common "love" if you will, for exploring trails and going on late night drives. So one night we took the road way out to Lake Lopez and tried to cut over to a small little town. Everything seemed to be going fine, we had a few stream crossings and a lot of rocky roads, but all in all a decent off-road trip, especially in his little VW. Well, our little adventure just got super crazy when we hit a sign in the road saying it wasn't maintained and SLO would not be responsible for any or all damages. But being the guys we are we went on thinking nothing much of it. Let me tell you, it got pretty crazy. It got so bad we tried several attempts to get over a hill we had to turn back and call it a night. On the way back the car was making some interesting noises so we were taking it slow. All of a sudden this big creature walked out on the road. We were both puzzled at what it was. Out in the middle of nowhere, it was late and dark. We drive a little closer and find out it was a random horse that had somehow escaped. Good grief, what a night! So I would conclude that as our first blank shot. An adventurous, but ultimately failed attempt to reach the small town.

With that in mind, let me tell you about tonight's adventure! It wasn't as rocky or dangerous as the first excursion, but that didn't keep us from being cautious. Bobbing up and down we come across this radio tower and a whole bunch of satellites. It looked, alien. Kinda cool and all, but strange about the place. As we continues our drive past the station we happened to drive above the clouds and stare down into what we thought was SLO but a vast sea of fog. If we had a soundtrack of the ocean waves beating on the beach you would have thought we were at the beach. It was quite a sight. Random spots there were these lights protruding from the clouds. Something I wish I could show you but lack the photography needed. Anyways, as we continue on we are constantly trying to figure out where this road was taking us and all. We saw National Park signs and small masonry walls and ended up in some sort of pine forest with little trails and pull offs. It was crazy! But that's when it got my heart beating and longing for the comfort of a rifle strung across my shoulder. We are pulling around this bend when we see this park, a white Toyota backed into this "spot" it fitted perfectly in. It was beyond freaky. So that got my heart racing for a while. We keep on traveling down the road and eventually hit this spot on the road covered by rocks from, yup, you guessed it, a rock slide. That was super heartbreaking. We got out and could see the other side of the trail. So we turned around and started back the way we came. We also timed ourselves back and marked the distance which I'll tell you a little later. As we were driving back we pointed out things we passed and I thought about the truck. This time it would be on my side of the car. "Oh F" I thought. We were about to round the corner and I was like its gonna be right there.... BAM! There it was! Aw Frick-n-A. Scared the CRAP outta me! Even now, 2 hours after the trip lying in bed I'm still shaking and face glazed over. Well anyways, that pretty much wraps up part one of tonight. On our way back it took us 45 min and we traveled a whooping 9 miles! Woo Hoo! And Bang. Another blank shot.

Part two was a little more enjoyable. We came home and grabbed Ryan to make a quick Sunshine run. All of you not familiar with SLO, its the best donut shop EVER, open 24/7. During that transition I noticed a cat in our driveway so I figured I might as well shoot it. Last time we shot a cat its reaction was hilarious! It was airborne for a solid second and ran off. Hahaha. However, this time I just wanted to scare it so I shot into the weeds and it ran off. Anyways, we get to Sunshine and I had the best chocolate donut in a long time. It was simply satisfying. Gosh I love college.

Taking Aim

Hey whats up guys. I have no idea what I'm doing or why I'm doing this. All I know is that I will be writing about events that have changed my life and other details that I may find interesting and appropriate to share with you. So here I go; I'm taking aim.