You're Buyin'

Back when I wasn't blogging for those couple months I still had stories, I stopped telling the stories because I got lazy. But last night reminded me of one.

I forget what month it was, but Ethan, James, and I were just hanging out, James was doing some drinking and Ethan and I got high. Candy at the gas station was always the best thing to do after chillin around a jacuzzi, so we all wanted to go after. But nobody payed for their own snack, it was always one person, so after sitting around Ethan told James that he should buy.

Now Ethan and I always did this to each other, make one person buy, but James didn't understand what he was getting into.

James was drunk, sitting on the floor and he said"If somebody drives I'll buy". I wanted to confirm I heard him say he was agreeing to buy, so I said "James is buyin'" and he said "I'm Buyin'". We all packed into the car to drive down the street. The gas station clerk probably recognized Ethan and I since we always came in to buy candy. I always got peach rings and sometimes Ethan got the same thing, but he never got the same amount. Ethan would stash away bags just to have endless amounts of candy, James didn't know what he got himself into. I got my bag of peach rings and Ethan walked up with beef jerky, skittles, and peach rings, but he didn't just buy beer jerky, he got the 10 dollar pack. I'm laughing because Ethan is trying to convince James that he needs all of the goods in front of the clerk. Eventually James just gave in and spent 20 dollars on snacks(I don't remember if he got anything). On the ride home Ethan kept reminding him he said he was buyin', so James didn't get mad, he just never said he was buying again.

Last night, so I'm chillin with this guy named Kmoney and he says"If you drive to gas station, I'll buy", I confirmed with him "so if I drive, you'll buy?" "yes". As we were driving I kept reminding him that "he's buyin'". Kmoney isn't made out of money, so he kept going"so dude, I got 10 bucks, what are you going to get?". I just laughed, we got to the gas station and I started looking at batterys, gloves, lip balm, ect. in front of him. I don't know if he thought I was serious or weird, but I ended up just getting ice cream and ice tea. Kmoney slid by with his 10 dollar budget, but I don't think wants to agree to buyin' again.

Maintenance

I think people are like a roller coaster, some are more exciting then others, but they all need the same thing, maintenance. Maintenance is needed to keep the roller coaster running, it might be a check up or just complete remodeling. Without Maintenance the coaster is bound to breakdown and people break down. If you have patchy areas of facial hair and you're not shaving it, your maintenance light is on. I used to have a mustache and V.I.P. access to the ugly club, then I listened to my mom. My mom pointed out I wasn't good looking, so then I went under the knife. Now I'm clean cut and my balls are shaved. It might be scary to put a blade to your nuts, but there comes a time to face your fear. Women need maintenance too, I don't know what, but its important. A women without maintenance is like a coaster that breaks down, nobody wants to ride her.

Read GQ magazine, it should help with maintenance problems.

Top 10 songs to Throw on a Mix Cd

This is my opinion, I can't guarantee people will like the songs, but I'd throw one of these winners on a mix. I don't encourage putting the whole list on one cd, then it might seem like your trying to hard.

10. Paper Planes - M.I.A. - I think its always good to put a throwback song like Paper Planes on. This song got big 2 years ago, but its more OG than Lil Wayne's crap out now. People will bob their head remembering where they were when they heard this, it's a keeper.

9. Party Like a Rockstar - Shop Boyz - This song is meant for the people who like to have a good time, if your trying to impress someone, leave this off. I'll admit when I first heard this song I hated it, but after getting a car its one of my favorite songs to be a tool to.

8. I'll Be - Edwin McCain - If your making a cd for a women, there is a 78% chance she's heard this. 

7. Fresh Prince of Bel Air - Will Smith - If you are between the ages 14-35 and you don't know this song then I recommend you let the other person to make you a mix-cd first. Will Smith rapping the theme song for his hit show will win people over.

6. Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner - I'm really going out on a limb on this, but I think this song is a yes. Its main stream, catchy, with a little bit of smooth guitar. I don't recommend putting this on a mix tape for another guy, but thats just me.

5. Trenchtown Rock - Sublime - Mellow song, plus it gets points for being a cover of a Bob Marley and the Wailers original. Its a 2 minute song so it doesn't hurt your disc space. Throw this on with some Jack Johnson, Slightly Stoopid, and Pepper, you'll have a good day.

4. Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Lion King - Yes, I went there. If your parents loved you they took you to see Lion King. Lion King is coming out on Blue Ray October 4th, so its hot right now. If you want a treat for yourself, make a shower singing cd and throw this on.

3. Cobrastyle - Teddybears - I've played this and I've heard people go "I've heard this!", but they didn't know the band. It always pays off to know a lot about music. This song is fun, danceable, and if not overplayed, a gem. Throw this in the middle of a mix and whether the listener is awake or asleep, it will get them moving again.

2. Iris- Goo Goo Dolls - Play it for yourself, if it doesn't win you over, then don't add it.

1. Follow Me - Uncle Kracker - People look past the meaning of this song just to sing-a-long happily. I can't guarantee this song for you, but its always made my mix that much better. Start off the cd with this and the person will gladly start listening all over again.

Comedown

Comedown is a song by Bush and I really connect with it. The chorus goes"I don't want to comedown from this cloud/its taking me all this time to find out what I need yeah". I think everybody can feel that, that point in people's lives where they are so high whether it be from accomplishing their goals or just that feeling and they don't want to come back down. This song does wonders for me while I'm running, but when life is pristine I sit on a cloud. I just like to hangout, meet people, and play beer pong and when that gets going I have no worries. The only thing is when you've been on your cloud all week it sucks getting down. All week I've hung out and lived day-to-day, I got a tattoo, a random girls number, got a nice compliment, ect. little things, but yesterday night I had to comedown. My buddy who has introduced me to the hanging out scene down here sometimes is fickle. I asked if I could hang with him Friday night and he said he'd call. I sat at home watching some bullshit history channel show and flicking over to National Treasure on Bravo until I got a call. I never got a call. I understand nobody wants to hang with the same person everyday, but I think thats rude to say something and not do it. The weekend's not over, so I can still climb back to my cloud. I've hit rock bottom more in Texas than a break-up between 2 lovers, but I've also been optimistic. Hopefully this weekend I can box the shit out of him.

Diamond

Word spread to my other couple friends that I almost had myself a fight against the kid that threw over the table. K was telling me I need to learn how to fight because people in Texas will punch. I don't know how to fight, I just play fight night round 4. I trained on a punching bag. Now I have a fight against my friend Alex soon because I am so confident in my knocking out skills. Other than that I just went into town today to get my first tattoo, just been chillin'

Hanging with Locals

My favorite game I know is pong. Pong takes focus and endurance, I know the rules and play by them. I don't win every game, but I drink. I only know a couple people in Texas and one of them was my partner last night for pong. Robbie aka Tank, has one hell of a shot and can carry a team on his back if needed. Thanks to Robbie we won our games, so as winners we kept playing. One game I don't know if I was seeing things, but I accused a challenger for playing over the table. He was a big guy wearing a skin tight shirt, but he also was playing hands over the table, so I said something. The guy I accused said he wasn't and I was convinced so I replied"go fuck yoself", now I don't mean it in a literal sense, just professionally. He didn't seem to see it that way, instead he just threatened to whoop my ass, so then I won the game to keep him quiet. I shook his hand. I did everything right, I just couldn't finish on the other games, so I had to take a break and mingle with the local kids.
Everybody was really cool just having a good time, telling inside jokes and listening to Sublime. Music is a topic of conversation that naturally came up, the owner of the house is a rapper and so is my best friend. After listening to a couple of his lines, I brought up my buddy Brian"B-Rhymin" and he's on a different level. My friend raps as a kid, but he keeps it real, he only flows to what he knows. Brian keeps making music in California, so all I got is his mixtape and every time I've played it I see heads bob.
The rest of the night was just mingling and seeing what everybody else is about, but in doing so I asked the guy "who-was-going-to-punch-me's" girlfriend if she wanted to bang. She said no, but I got a pretty girls number who promised to be on my pong team. Last night was a good reminder of what a good time is

Driving with Check Engine On

It kinda sucks, I always think my car cant make it up a hill. I drive in the slow lane not because its fun, but so then my engine doesn't blowup. To put stress on my car I became a delivery driver for Papa Johns pizza. I'll drive 30 minutes to drop off a 14 dollar pizza for a 2 dollar tip. One lady said"I hope this is enough" after giving me a $1.50 tip, I almost said"yeah, I'm sure that will pay for my college"(I'm not going to college this semester). I've dropped off pizza's in areas I feel as if a redneck would shoot me(I live in Texas now). Imagine driving 11 at night "in the hood" and every 3 houses down 1 will actually have an address out front. It was a late night and my manager asked to deliver a pizza "in the hood", but I didn't know the area since it was my first week as a driver, so I didn't know what position I was about to be in. As my shitty gps keeps losing signal through the trees I can't see any numbers on the houses, so I improvise and keep turning my phone off and on till it gets a signal. When it finally gets something it leads me to an area where the houses are dark and beatdown. All I see is a bunch of mailboxes packed together and I had to go door to door till I got the right one, feeling as if a shotgun was about to be pressed to the back of my head by a bunch of hillbilly gremlins. I survived and so has my car for the past week, sometimes the light will go away and crush me another day. I live day to day, but I also live a completely different life in Texas. Before, I lived in Huntington Beach with a run on pch every morning. Now I run through hills and trails. On a recent run I thought I saw a wolf running and I thought"Oh shit, what would I do if a wolf attacked me right now" if a wolf came at me I'd try to wrestle it. As I was thinking this over I ran over what seemed to be a bunch of snake holes, same thought popped up. What would I do if a snake charged me? Probably run and scream, but that would give my position away to the wolves. So now I live in Texas reppin the California license plate, watching discovery channel every night before bed, hoping I learn something that can get me through the next day.

Ps
if you encounter a wolf, don't act agressive