Strange Bedfellows

Something Blog worthy finally happened to me recently at work. At woman who works a few doors down requested that I deliver some food to the hair salon she works at because she wanted to know who I was. This would be unusual enough as it is since I am not usually approached by people, let alone women, in this manner. I take the delivery and talk to her for a minute but just small talk as I have to get back to work. Then she comes in for lunch a few days later and we talk again. When she leaves and I say goodbye I clear her table and she that she wrote something on her check where we have a comment section; it was her e-mail. After unsucessfully trying to meet with her again I e-mail her and ask if she wants to go for a drink. This was Friday and I hear nothing all weekend and then finally on Monday when I get home from work there is new message waiting for me. It is from her. Cool, I think maybe she is interested. I begin reading her message and she was gone all weekend cause she was at a type-o negative show. Then towards the end of the message she mentions a very important piece of information........she is married.

Her being married doesn't make me upset or dissapointed but intesad extremely curious. Why would a married woman in her early thirties approach me with seeming interest. I would think that sort of thing can be dangerous or a least frowned upon by her husband, you know that 'man' in her life. Not to mention that she said she would like to have a drink with me before she said she was married, somehthingts gotta give. I saw her again today and talked to her after I left work and we made 'tentative' plans to get a drink next Wednesday and she asked if it was okay if she brought her husband and covering her bases by saying we could also have a little one-on-one action sans her spouse another time. I understand that she would want to bring her husband cause she has no idea who I am really but she also took care to include the 'we can hang out alone' thing also. This intrigues the shit out of me since I can't figure out why she approached me in the first place in the manner that she did which sends a pretty clear 'I am hitting on you stupid'. We shall see my friend. Course it could be that her husband and her are into crazy three-way action if you know what I mean, hubba hubba. I just have to know the 'truth' of why she approached me in the fist place. As Johnny would say 'That is weird wild stuff, I did not know that'.

WTF!!!!!!!!

Over a month since my last post and I am sure that working six days a week at a restaurant have nothing to do with it. I am never tired and I can always accomplish my goals on time and I never engage in gluttony of stigmatized substances in order to cope with the stress of everyday. Having gotten that out of the way here is what is really happening. Work is turning into an episode of Knots Landing, and for those of you too young or lucky enough not to know better that is a soap opera from the eighties, and it driving me a little bat shit insane. Today was one of those days in a long string of "one of those days" that I almost couldn't handle all the bullshit. The phone was ringing off the fucking hook and everybody wanted something from me and I have little or no help. Some fucker that we deliver to called and complained for the umpteenth time and it is of course all my fault since I am not human and do not make mistakes or rely on other to do their job so I don't have to hold their hand while they do it. So I had to explain to my boss why the guy who called to complain yesterday, about something that happened weeks ago so I could not remember the specifics in order to justify and defend my actions, called again today and wasted my time chewing me out for a bunch of bullshit that is out of my hands and is just one of those things on one of those days. Of course the guy who already hates me calls to order when I am running around with my head cut off busy almost beyond my control, almost, and then I forget one fucking thing on his order and that is it he can't eat his breakfast without his damn baguette so he wants his money back. But that is not all he wants really. He is upset and wants to take it out on me just like yesterday when the same fucking guy lead her to take out her frustration on me ultimately coming from him. To top it off the plumbing got clogged and water was everywhere and I am breathing in bleach fumes all damn day and when the rush is over the cooks and the dishwasher clean everything up, after the roto rescue guy came two hours late, and I am standing there like a dumb ass not helping and the cooks are understandably upset. Luckily I am a good worker and they told me today that is was okay and we are still cool but to keep what was said to myself since the other staff, ie the delivery guy and my boss, didn't help either but didn't even care. That is my long ass drawn out story which although the events have changed over the weeks is the story of everyday these days. Thank god tomorrow is Friday and then I get my one day off to decompress, do laundry, watch NCAA March Madness and smoke and drink too much.

Change Is All Around

The only thing you can count on is change. The times they are a changin. Change is all around. Here in Hollywood the Oscars are coming to town and traffic is a bitch. Luck me I take the bus and despite the traffic woes it still somehow takes me about the same amount of time to get home as I watch those in their vehicles struggle to make head way as they all fight for position in a gas powered version of automobile musical chairs. Friends are moving or changing their life direction and I myself am still on a journey of my own. One of the changes that I have been working on for many weeks now as I have been revamping my wesite yet again with all new code written entirely by me and looking very swank if I do say so myself. I have finished the last detail of making the front page actually have the correct links to my new pages. I will be moving my site eventually to my new domain name chesterriddles.com so look for that in the future. So check out my site and see if it works on your browser and if you enjoy the new content, although very little mostly the new Milwaukee link in the Locals section, and give me some feedback before I make the big move so when I get my new site it works correctly and everyone can view it properly. This message brought to you by the illuminatti.

Just another day.....

Post Super Bowl/Pro Bowl haze is now washing over me as I await the start of baseball spring training and the beginning of the NBA playoffs. Now that I work I have much less energy to post on this here blog even though I still have many entertaining things to talk about formulating all those ideas into coherent writing is time consuming. Life moves on and one of the ways I am showing that is the acquisition of a bank account adding yet another level of permanence to being in LA. I am pretty sure I am will be able to make rent of $700-$800/month, stupid Hollywood prices, and still have enough money to have a life occasionally and buy plenty of beer. It is so nice to be back amongst the living and seeing and talking to new people everyday after being an unemployed shut-in for several months. I get plenty of LA crazies and talking to my customers is always nice, customers are people too...when they tip at least 15%.

Sick and Tired

I got a cold on Sunday night after the Colts amazing come from behind victory over the Patriots. I was already mostly drunk and I went out walking in the cold to go have some fun and I got a haircut on Sat. so I didn't have that to keep me warm. I am mostly over it know although some congestion still lingers today. The new job is going well and I am getting better and better everyday as the procedures become much more routine and therefore don't take as long. The best thing so far about my job is the fact that they feed me everyday and it is good food. Much better than the shit I had to eat when I worked at Corky's. I am not sure about how much money I will be making on a regular basis since there is no regularity in the restaurant biz and it is January one of the slowest months. One other thing is how early I have to get up and consequently how early I go to bed. Last night, today is my day off, I went to bed at 11:30 just because I couldn't stay up any later but I don't really mind I have been getting up late for a long time now first because of the hours I worked at the "Cork" and then because I was unemployed so it is nice to have a change of pace an be a morning person again even if I have no choice.

End of an Era

I did something I never thought I would do today; I sold my mustang. After six years of trouble and grief coupled with being almost completely broke I accepted the $500 and now it is someone else's problem. I have loved and hated that car for years and now the sleeping demon has finally been put to rest. I could no longer wait until the day I could fix the car a don't even know how many things are wrong with it and it doesn't even start any more although the engine cranks. So long old friend(tear).

The Computer is Dead....Long Live the Computer

This is the wave of the future and very likely what the next computer will look like. I found this on technovelgy.com.

Good and Tired

Things have been rather hectic in my life and uncertain which is probably why I have not been posting recently. One of my goals for being out here is accomplished as I have finally found gainful employment. Oddly enough it is a job I initially did not get but received after the person they hired did not work out. It is called Cafe Marly and it is in Beverly Hills, 90210. Don't get too excited by the pictures you see for the Melrose location because I have not been there and am not sure when I will get a chance to work there. The Beverly Hills location is very small almost cramped and although I have not been to Melrose I am guessing it is quite the opposite.

The other waiter I have met, the delivery guy, and the manager who hired me are all french giving me a unique opportunity to improve my french and hopefully take my comprehension skills to the next level. I have had two days in a row of employment and today is my first day off, one of most important things about having a job is the times you are not there. I am finally tired from doing something other than staying up too late drinking ar watching tv and then getting up early. I am tired because I am using my body not just for sitting on the couch anymore. It is too soon to say that this is my dream job but if I think a little hard about it any job I got at this point would have to be my favorite due to lack of competition.