BEERFEST!

So yesterday was the 12th annual Mobile Beerfest. Its 31 bars and 3 beers per bar for 20$. Do the beers repeat? I don't know or care much. Its more of a way of Mobile to raise money for Bayfest than a way of actually showing off the locally brewed bears. Do I care much? Not really. I took off with one of the guys because I was DD'ing for him and that was ok too.

A bunch of guys we were trying to catch up were hopping around, making it a little more difficult for us to catch up with them. We walked around and ended up running into a bunch of non-Navy people that live here in the complex. It was alright. I met a couple of cool guys name Oscar and Jared. Oscar is half Mexican and half Italian. He and Jared think I'm some kind of comedian or something. He called me "primo" the whole night. I didn't really get it, but hey, if it makes him feel more Mexican, ORALE! He's from Forth Worth and got a ration and a half of shit for being from Texas. He took it like a champ. hahaha!

So the guy that I'm DD'ing for ends up taking off to...somewhere without telling me and I end up hanging out with one of the guys that we FINALLY caught up with. Good guy. The OTHER guys ended up going to another bar and we ended up...something. Hahaha...it was a long night so I don't remember all of it. We ended up walking in their general direction so we could catch up with them and we stop at a hot dog stand. I'm not a fan of hot dogs so we get one for my buddy.

There's two women standing there waiting for their order and we end up chit chatting with them. So picture this: We're at a hot dog stand, waiting on my buddies dog and we start chit chatting with these two women that are CLEARLY NOT Mobilites. I was getting some weirdish vibes and then one of them says, "I brought her and our kid out here." Ok...now as my friends you know where I stand with the whole homosexuality thing, but now RE-EXAMINE the situation! I'm standing there with my buddy at a hot dog stand talking to two lesbians who end up being from near our respective hometowns...and they're waiting on their hot dogs.

WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING I FOUGHT THE URGE TO BURST INTO TEARS LAUGHING AND ASK THEM IF THIS WAS HOW THEY GOT THEIR DAILY ALLOWANCE OF HOT WEINER!!! BLAHAHAHAHA!!!

We left the ladies to their hot dogs and resumed to walking in the direction of the rest of our people. But it turns out my buddy was still hungry so we stopped and had a couple beers and a pizza at this DELICIOUS pizzeria/restaurant called Buck's pizza. Talked to our waiter, Nick, whose apparently planning on moving out to L.A. in 2 months time. The pizza was delicious.

So we THEN do some more walking only to find them walking back our direction. And we all spend the rest of the evening at the place we started off initially meeting at. We picked up a couple of uninviteds, but whatever. Good times had by all.

Even with all the good times and distraction I had last night, all I wanted was to be home and in bed kissing my love. To have her near me and know that our little ones were safe and sound...and ASLEEP in their own beds...hahaha...

As the Pigeons Fly

I have to tell the truth
I have a weakness for women
In every state wherever I go
I know it isn't right I feel I'm barely swimming
And the waves keep on crashing down
After every show (Oh boy)
And what am I to do now
Where the hell is my crew now
Supposed to be watching my back
But they're jibbing too
And here she stands before me
And I'm trying to ignore thee
Possible chance of doing wrong
And now I sing my song

What is love, and am I in it
I really like girl and I think I should
What I feel, is there something in it
Cause if not I'm wasting her time
And that's just not good

I'm in the mall in Altadena
Looking through a new magazine
Takin' a little love test to see
If I'm even there
And now it's looking like I'm failing
And now I'm slowly inhaling
Is this issue of Sassy's for real
If so the next step's ill
And dude I'm way past confused now
What do I have to do now
Break up with the girl of my dreams
In the past made mistakes and
Regret every step so I say

And if I don't know what to say
And I'm just standing there in a daze
Please don't walk away so soon
My lady this it might just bloom
And if I don't know what to say
And I'm still standing there in a daze
Please don't walk away from me
Cause I am trapped now set me free

I have to tell the truth (ninjas)
Right now I have a girlfriend (uh oh)
And she'll probably break up with me
After hearing this song (it's like that)
But what am I to do ( I don't know)
I gotta share what I'm feeling (share it boy)
Cause if I can't tell the truth
Then there's something wrong
So I still ask

So I have to ask, So I have to ask
Da da dada, da da dadaadaa
I like you, I hate you
I want you, I love you
I like you, I hate you
I want you, I love you

I love the night sky...

I sit outside most nights. I just sit and look up into the dark blue canvas that is the sky...I love the moon. The pale white light it shines down in the night. It gives everything an almost nonexistent feel. It makes everything seem more cloudy and uncertain. Yet its that same white light that the moon shines down that I love to take in. I love to close my eyes and feel it brighten my sight.

I love the moon and the pale light it bathes everything in. But the clouds in the sky make it seem so much further away than it already is. I sit, waiting for the clouds to part so that I might have some of that lovely light that I love to feel on my face and see light up the night like a dark blue dream. The clouds are thick most nights and steal the moonlight from me. When it does shine through the breaks in the banks of clouds it makes even the clouds look beautiful and dark. And when there's a big enough break, the moon in all its pale glory shines triumphantly down on me with its soft white light, making me feel alive.

But those clouds. I hate those clouds. I don't care about how much of the moon is shining, as long as its shining on me. It could be just a pail white nail clipping in the sky, or a huge white ball of light with the man in the moon looking down on me with his sad face. I love it no matter how much it is.

And the nights of new moon? I still go out and just wait and stare into the pitch that is the night. The stars are pretty and all, but they don't shine like the moon. Their light is insufficient and ,just like the song says, they just twinkle. On the nights I can't see the moon because of the clouds or new moon, I just sit there in the dark and look up and patiently wait for the moon to come back and shine down on me. I let my eyes just take in the night. After a while I do get up and go in knowing that the moon will be there for me sometime soon.

Te amo Luna.

Listen to the music...

Just listen...can you hear that? The way the beats are engineered. The drums hit hard. My heart beat is in sync with them. The melody is beautiful. It floods my mind with colors and smells and feelings that lift me off the ground. Every track is a symphony.

Even the sad tracks are wonderful heart wrenching melodies. The tears well up in my eyes but I choke them back. I've tried to get you to sit with me and listen, but you won't. You say that it sounds nice, but I know you're not REALLY LISTENING to the music.

So I sit here, listening to the music by myself. I'll ask you every time you come by, till you finally listen. I don't care how long it takes, I have nothing but time to wait.