Thursday, April 29, 2004

Happy birthday, Mich!
Sorry for the down time, folks. Risking Absurdity should be back online soon. As of now, not all links will work but I'm still tinkering with it so please be patient.

Wednesday, April 21, 2004

So I just joined Google's email service, Gmail (it's in beta right now) and I must say, I think it has a lot of potential. Haha. Those people at Google are always thinking. And they give you 1GB of storage, too. Nice. I think I may start using it as my "professional" email but I keep accumulating email addresses like I'm a collector and it's my hobby. I was just starting to use my djeremyreyes@hotmail account (I didn't like djeremyreyes@yahoo.com as much) because my djreyes@scu.edu was going to be phased out soon. I could use my jeremy@riskingabsurdity.com one but I'm not confident in the server's reliability. So should I use djreyes@gmail.com or djeremyreyes@hotmail.com? Hmmm...

Monday, April 19, 2004

Last Friday I picked up my bike from the repair shop. They replaced the bike chain, gear wires, and brakes.



Today I went biking. I went over one of the freeway overpasses and everything was fine. Then I got to the bottom of the freeway pass and changed gears. Then the chain got tangled somehow and bent rendering my bike un-rideable. So I had to turn around and walk back up that damn overpass. And then walk my bike back home the mile and a half or so. Weak. I guess on the bright side, I didn't bike too far.

Friday, April 9, 2004

Ok. So does anyone know of anyone who hates me and/or my family? I found my car this morning with sugar and raisins all over it. In the past year or two, my bro's car radio was stolen in front of our house, our house was egged and TP'ed and now this. Any ideas? I'm about ready to kick some ass.

Tuesday, April 6, 2004

Why the hell does William Hung have music selling on the Apple iTunes music store?
It is with great sadness that I announce the 'hawk is no more. So long, fair 'hawk, I barely knew thee.

Monday, April 5, 2004

LOL. Hey, Rich, I'm glad you got a camera. Now we can accurately remember the rock that we throw down. And you're actually posting pics, too -- a welcome change of pace.

Saturday, April 3, 2004

Haha. I just remembered this from NO and thought it was funny.



"I don't play magic! Not anymore!"

Friday, April 2, 2004

First of all, big happy birthday shout out to Mr. Richard Cayetano. Secondly, after reading your blog and seeing those pictures, all I gotta repeat is that it was an awesome trip and yes, we really need to go do something like that again. Definitely gotta do a scavenger hunt. Man. Fun times.

Thursday, April 1, 2004

I'm thinking this is going to be a rather long blog so don't say I didn't warn you. The events below are not necessarily listed in chronological order. They're just what I remember as I'm thinking about the trip.



"You wan' sum buttah on yo' grits, baby?" asked the portly, black lady behind the counter at Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits. We had a three hour stop over in Atlanta and just like that, we were introduced to Southern hospitality and began our Southern adventure.



When we arrived Friday morning in New Orleans, we were pretty tired. A three hour stopover will do that to you. But nonetheless, we ventured off to Bourbon Street. Only a "short walk" away, we found several routes to take from our hotel to the French Quarter over the course of our vacation. We had lunch and quickly found out that drinking alcohol is not something you do once in a while. It's a way of life. Alcohol is sold everywhere, obviously the most prevalent place being Bourbon St. Little shops everywhere in the French Quarter serve alcohol. You'll be walking in the mall and Hot-Dog-On-A-Stick is serving "lemonade". The church serves wine in shot glasses. I'm just kidding about the last one but seriously, alcohol is everywhere. After lunch that Friday morning, we had ourselves a 3-for-1 hurricane (3 shots for the price of 1, all in one drink) from Red Rhino and then walked a block down and had a hand grenade from Tropical Isle. I must say, mixed drinks in NO are deadly -- they taste good and have a good amount of alcohol. We continued exploring the French Quarter and eventually met up with Brian and his friends. Haha. We had ourselves a good buzz going and as he said, our rock was inspirational so after we parted ways with them, they started drinking, too. We, on the other hand, went to our hotel to change so we could come back to Bourbon St. later in the evening.



Believe the hype. Bourbon St. can get crazy (as we saw Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night). We saw our share of the female chest region in full glory. We went on the balconies. We walked on the filthy streets. We had one of our own arrested (the youngest of the group in fact). And all I can say is that it was some of the most fun I've had. It was an awesome, awesome trip.



The weather was perfect. At night, it provided the perfect environment for drinking. The only bad day was when it rained, and that was on Monday. But even though it rained, we still had fun. Haha. Oh, and when it rains, it pours. We were in the middle of our Cemetary/Voodoo/Ghost tour and was walking through the French Quarter when the rain started coming down. We got our refund and started walking back but after ten minutes or so, some streets were flooded up to the sidewalk. It was crazy. So we went to go drink some more.



I never imagined myself on one of those paddleboats going down the Mississippi River, but after this trip, I can say that I've done that. It's probably weird and something that only amuses me, but that was fun and relaxing. And we also ventured off into the swamps and took an airboat tour. That was definitely fun and one of the things I'm really glad we were able to do. Our tour guide was entertaining and we even saw an alligator, albeit a small one.



Food. Goodness gracious. Food. Most of my expenses went toward the great cuisine we had. All we did was eat. We ate free breakfast. We had snacks afterward. We had lunch. We had dinner. Then we had chili and breaded macaroni and cheese bites. Then we went to sleep only to repeat the same eating schedule the next day. But the food was awesome. There wasn't a food that I tried that I didn't like. We had catfish, jamabalaya, crawfish, oysters, gumbo, etoufee, filet minon, duck, lamb, and so many other foods. Although it took a chunk out of my money, I think it was well worth it.



In fact, even though this whole trip was more expensive than I had planned, I think it was worth it. And despite all those expenses above, it wouldn't have been much without the company that was there. BIG, BIG, BIG thanks to Mich for not only showing us around, but also showing me that I am too old and can't hang when it comes to drinking. Haha. Thanks to my roomies for the trip, Rich, Eileen, and Chris. Sorry if my snoring kept you awake but the trip wouldn't have been the same without y'all. Brian and the rest of your friends, fun fun times. Cesar, you made me jealous by getting arrested. I should've pissed on a cop, too. Haha j/k. A lot of good memories and I guess insiders like Ei mentioned: "Eggs!" "Awesome." "Game, blouses." "Look at those poor kids, passing around their dessert." "Look at those poor kids, looking through the window." "Baby" "Sweetheart" "Absolutely" "Definitely" "Out of State License" "Nose completing the circle" and many more.



Goodness gracious. Fun times. When's the next trip, y'all? And by the way, can you pass the saucebitch? Hahaha.