Sorry for the delay, bland updates ahead:

I’d like to go ahead and apologize to the three of you (or so) that actually read this for the lack of recent updates. When I had started this blog thing out, I had planned to pretty much write updates in my spare time at work and I’ve gotten busy enough to not have the time to sit down and write anything of substance. I guess I’ll take this blog post in the direction of a general update into my life over the past month or so that I’ve been “absent.”

So the past month can pretty much be summed up as working on weekdays and going downtown on the weekends. There really isn’t much of interest that I can write about work that would make anyone want to continue reading so I’ll just skip ahead to the more interesting parts. The main “crew” so to speak that goes out on the weekends includes myself, and JP. Occasionally (when we can convince/kidnap them), we are also joined by Tony or Will. There are two staples we can really talk about that involve our downtown activities. The staple bars include, in no set order, Stool Pigeons and the Pourch. The other staple to mention is our drink. We pretty much also work our way through as much red bull and vodka as we can manage with the occasional liquid cocaine shot thrown into the mix.

There is a lot I can say about these nights but I’ll start off with a general overview of what goes down. We usually part out in this sketchy pay lot behind Stoolies before making out way into the back entrance. After making our way inside, we usually try and get a booth. Once seated, most nights we’re greeted by our favorite waitress (if that’s what they’re called there) Nadia. I’ll get more into this later but she’s this newly drunk-legal person that always helps in making a good night. So we’ll all get nice and primed in Stoolies before heading out to the Pourch.

Now, I’ve had some moderately annoying experiences at the Pourch. The main one involved me ordering one beer and finding out the bar staff is trying to charge me for a lot more. Being called a liar a few times isn’t really cool. This one bartender there swore she served me more than one drink until finally realizing I was not the person she was thinking of. So that was cool, until I realized that they had charged my credit card about five times for various amounts at the end of the night. Anyways, we continue our drinking at the Pourch and there is this little ritual that happens out there nearly every time we go. JP and I both get approached by women. Now, this usually isn’t a bad thing until they start mentioning their husbands and potential future divorces. I’m not sure what it is about the Pourch but it seems to be a haven for the unhappily married. We hear all about their lives, what they’re doing with themselves, how much money they have, the shortcomings of their husbands and other such small talk. We can pretty much sum up our experiences of going out as meeting absolutely bat-shit crazy people. All the various life experiences I hopefully will never be intimately involved with.

So in essence, we go out, get a lil’ drunk, and have a good time.

Let’s see, what should be next in my latest update. Well, I guess I can go into the night we went out partying with Nadia. JP, Tony, and I were at Stoolies the night before this all happened. Nadia of course was our waitress and she let us know that at midnight she would be turning the ever-exciting age of twenty-one. Being the good-natured people that we are, we all discretely bought her shots after midnight while she was still working. She invited us all out the following night for her birthday shindig, which would be starting out at Stoolies (staple, duh) and wherever from there.

Unfortunately, Tony had a prior engagement of some sort for that night so it was just JP and I heading downtown to partake in the festivities. We hit up Stoolies and the Pourch with no word from Nadia. No responses through text or calling so we just decided to say f’ it. We left the bars, headed home, and decided to stop at Blockbuster since it was an early night to grab a movie or game or something. As we’re perusing the choices in Blockbuster, guess who calls? With that, and a quick stop at my condo, we were back on our way downtown. I believe it was a little bit past twelve when we finally got back to Stoolies and met up with the birthday girl. After being introduced to about ten different people and a few more drinks down we headed to a bar that neither JP or I had been to before, Jackpot.

Now Jackpot was quite the interesting place. It reminded me of the semi-punk crowd from high school, but the music was definitely not that. Good music, attractive women, cheap alcohol, and a freaking amazing air conditioning system made it enough for JP and I to agree that we’ll be coming back. So pretty much the night went like that, a bunch of actually really cool people out having a good time. They’re definitely a crowd I’d hang out with again.

Oh, I know what I can write about next (making this the longest blog post ever). These last few weeks I’ve been actively looking for a house to buy. It’s something I’ve really wanted to do for a while now and I’m in a situation where I’m ready to make that jump. Well, I’ve gotten my real estate broker and loan stuff in order and finally went out one weekend to check out places. It just so happens that the very first place we went to in a list of around six was the place I absolutely wanted. It had an amazing floor plan. It had a huge living room with a really high ceiling, two decks, and two bedrooms on opposite sides of the place, and it was definitely within my budget. Well, I took about a day to fully decide this was the place I wanted (I’m indecisive, damnit) but I called up my broker and met with her a half hour later to put the offer in. Now, the fun part of this was finding out that the seller had accepted another offer about an hour before I had gone in to do so. Moderate disappoint aside, the good thing about this happening was that it taught me to move quickly on a place if I like it. That and I’ve been able to nearly triple what I had saved up for a down payment and closing costs. I will finally have a place of my own as soon as I can find it.

I do think this is more than enough information for the blog. Hopefully I won’t be taking any more extended breaks in my posting. Leave comments if you’d like and uhm, stay tuned.